Salim “The Dream” Sirur has apologized for his behavior in the Internet Invitational finale. He posted a video on Friday, one day after Episode 6 aired.
“I f—ed up big time. I prioritized drinking over the match,” Salim said. “I had a huge problem back in the day… I’m 90 days sober today.”
He captioned the post: “I’m sorry to my teammates and to the fans I will come back stronger ❤”
Salim played the final on Team Red with Big John and Ryan Whitney. Fat Perez, Riggs and Bobby Ray beat them 5&3 at Payne’s Valley and split the $4 million prize.
Dave Portnoy stepped in during the finale over Salim’s golf cart. “We’re going to give you a driver so you don’t run anybody over,” Portnoy told him. “I’m not hammered!” Salim said. Portnoy replied: “You’re totally hammered.”
Salim first addressed his drinking on Nov. 10, after Episode 5 aired. “There’s a reason I challenged myself to 90 days sober after the Internet invitational,” he posted. “Watching these episodes back is a good reminder of why I started. 87/90 ✅”
Portnoy didn’t accept the apology. “I’ve never been a huge accepting-the-apology guy,” he said in a video posted Friday.
Portnoy also said Salim will not play in the 2027 Internet Invitational. “I said I would quit. I would quit if Salim plays next year,” Portnoy said.
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Salim joined Big John on Spittin’ Chiclets Episode 684, which came out Friday. Co-host Paul Bissonnette told him to tune out the criticism. “Don’t let the negative comments online get to you too much where it leads you to anything more destructive moving forward,” Bissonnette said.
Salim didn’t push back. “Well like listen, at the end of the day I deserve it,” he said. “I deserve everything that’s coming to me.”
Bissonnette asked Salim if he thinks he’s getting the invite back. “Oh, man, I hope so, man,” Salim said. “I can only hope.” Bissonnette said he hopes so too.
Whitney is guessing no. “I don’t know anything, but I know Dave after was like, that motherf—er,” Whitney said. “I hope you’re there, Dream. I hope we can team up again and we’ll be able to have a little lunch before we drink, maybe.”
Salim said he isn’t expecting an invite. “I mean, like I said, I f—ed it up, man,” he said. “I kind of ruined the competition of the tournament by just getting f—ed up.”
“So if I don’t get invited, man, that sucks,” Salim said. “But if I do, you know, I’ll never take that for granted again.”
