Bubba Bit Got Brass Swapping Emails With Jill Kelley

Leave it to syndicated morning host Bubba The Love Sponge to get a bit role in the on-going Petraeus, Broadwell, Kelley brouhaha.

It seems Tampa ‘socialite’ Jill Kelley had emailed then-CIA Director David Petraeus and Gen. John Allen about a Bubba bit where he promised to "deep fat fry" a copy of the Koran.

Such a stunt apparently worried Allen that could put troops in harm's way and was going to call her from Afghanistan to discuss a next step.

Kelley also emailed Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn about the radio stunt (heard locally on Cox’ WHPT 102.5 FM The Bone). 

In a response to Kelley, Buckhorn wrote, "This Bubba the Love Sponge is a complete moron."

And of course Bubba didn’t like being called a moron, but sensing the PR value, BLS told The Tampa Bay Times, "For Bob Buckhorn to call me a moron? I mean, are you kidding me? Let's talk about moron status.”

Bubba went on-air to slam the city’s red-light cameras as a public "shake down" and mocked the 6-foot rule Buckhorn pushed years ago to keep performing strippers that far away from patrons.

He also criticized the mayor for officially honoring his radio rival Todd "MJ" Schnitt, also based in Tampa.

"At the end of the day, you wouldn't hear any of this nonsense from Pam Iorio," Clem said of Tampa’s previous mayor. "She was calculated. She didn't call names."

Clem said the people who got him to stop the Koran burning were his lawyer and the heads of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the Tampa Police Department.

Bubba’s show is also carried on two other radio stations, plus on radioIo.com on a subscription basis.