That's exactly what I was thinking...
"I've got something to say: Y'all can say whatever you want to about me, but leave the people I care about out of this. Whoever's putting all this stuff out ain't got integrity worth a (shoot).
"You can say what you want to about me; I'm a grown man. My girlfriend's somebody who's important to me, and she's not no public figure. She's not no football player. She's not somebody who deserves this. How would you like it if you got up in the morning and read some crazy thing in the Knoxville News-Sentinel or online with some crazy heading if that was your kid?"
McNeil went on to say that the local media makes him want to puke.