Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito had a bad day, on and off the field, on Sunday.
That’s when Nino Coniglio, owner of Coniglio’s in Morristown, N.J., an Italian restaurant that had hired DeVito for a meet-and-greet, took to Instagram to explain why an event was abruptly canceled.
“No [Tommy DeVito] will NOT be at [Coniglio’s] this Tuesday as originally planned,” Coniglio wrote alongside a video of Giants legend Eli Manning tossing pizza dough at his restaurant. “After last week’s win, we received word from his agent that his appearance fee would be doubling (went from 10k to 20); We are a small family-run business & decided $20,000 was a bit steep for 2 hours.”
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The post came after the Giants lost 24-6 to the New Orleans Saints with DeVito failing to complete a touchdown and completing 20-of-34 passes (58.8 completion percentage).
“Sorry about that loss today [Giants] fans,” Coniglio continued, “but we’re Italian too and don’t like when someone says one thing and does another.”
DeVito’s agent, Sean Stellato, has gained plenty of attention since being shown in the Giants’ 24-22 win over the Packers last Monday. Dressed in a black pinstriped suit with a black turtle neck and fedora, Stellato resembled someone out of a Martin Scorsese movie.
He made appearances on WFAN’s “Boomer and Gio,” FanDuel’s “Up and Adams” and was even inducted into the National Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame; he wore the jacket in Sunday’s game in New Orleans.
After Coniglio’s message spread, Stellato decided to chime in.
“It’s a shame that the restaurant promoted that they would have Tommy when we didn’t have a signed contract,” he said, via Darren Rovell. “We didn’t raise the price because nothing was ever agreed to.”
After seeing Stellato’s claim, Coniglio shared a text message proving that there was, in fact, an agreement, via Rovell.
“We agreed in principle to terms — 2…
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