Howard Eskin’s radio host son Spike breaks his silence after his dad was BANNED from MLB stadium for giving female employee ‘an unwanted kiss’

The son of a Philadelphia sports radio icon banned for his ‘unwanted advance’ at a female employee has spoken out to distance himself from his father’s actions.

Spike Eskin – the son of local radio stalwart Howard – is also a host on WIP and listeners tuned in on Wednesday to hear whether he would address the unsavory incident.

Less than 24 hours after news broke of Spike’s season-long ban – which was handed down after he gave an ‘unwanted kiss’ to a female employee at Citizens Bank Park – Spike spoke to listeners to give his thoughts.

‘There is a story out there about my dad,’ he began. ‘You probably read it, you probably heard about it. The truth, though, is that he and I are different people who do different things.

‘Even though he did this job and I do this job, I am not him, he is not me. I think we have made that very clear over the years, for better or for worse. So, I don’t feel comfortable at all speaking on the issue itself, as I would not if it was anybody else here at WIP.

‘It is his issue with the radio station and the people involved, it is not my issue. So as far as this show goes, and as far as I go, we are going to this show exactly as we always do. There will be no difference. Things will go as they do. And from this point on, that’ll be it out of me.

‘The reason for that is because I feel it’s the right thing to do, the respectful thing to do, and truthfully this four hours out of my day is the highlight of my day. And I feel like this show is my escape from everything else…I felt like it was the right thing to say something, but that’s about all I can, or will say.’