‘Sopranos’ star Edie Falco holds a grudge with 76ers’ Joel Embiid: ‘He’s mean’

Edie Falco clearly holds grudges.

The “Sopranos” star currently has one with Joel Embiid.

Falco, who played Carmela on the iconic HBO series, is a pᴀssionate Knicks fan and joined Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart on the latest episode of their “Roommates Show” podcast.

She criticized Embiid for elbowing Brunson when the Knicks and 76ers met in the first round of the playoffs last year.

“Joel Embiid, he’s mean,” Falco said. “He like elbowed you in a game last year and I was going to go after him. I mean that’s how bad it was. And then I think I’ve seen you guys play since then and you guys are all like cool with each other. I’m like, ‘You don’t hold a grudge?’”

In Game 5 of that series — which the Knicks won in six games — Embiid stuck out his and nailed Brunson’s head as the latter was cutting to the rim.

Edie Falco speaks on the latest episode of"The Roomates Show" podcast.
Edie Falco speaks on the latest episode of the “Roommates Show” podcast.

Embiid got away with it, though, despite Brunson’s anger at the time.

“I don’t hold grudges, for the most part,” Brunson explained. “Yeah, I hold grudges, who am I to lie? But I’ve known Joel from before I even got in the league. I’ve met him a couple times. It’s just respect there. I think there’s a certain line where there’s respect and you’re all competing and once it’s done, it’s good. I wouldn’t say it’s cool, I would say it’s good.”

Joel Embiid looks on during the 76ers- Hornets game on Dec. 20, 2024.
Joel Embiid looks on during the 76ers-Hornets game on Dec. 20, 2024.

Falco, a Brooklyn native, said that she became a Knicks fan during her “Sopranos” days and has been following the team ever since.

She revealed that she took the Karl-Anthony Towns blockbuster trade — which notably sent Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to the Timberwolves this past offseason — hard.

Joel Embiid (L.) elbows Jalen Brunson during Game 5 of the first-round playoff series between the Knicks and 76ers on April 30, 2024.
Joel Embiid (L.) elbows Jalen Brunson during Game 5 of the first-round playoff series between the Knicks and 76ers on April 30, 2024

“You would think I would be better at managing trades than I am,” Falco said. “I don’t know who’s in charge of making these decisions, but they gotta talk to the fans. A bunch of us really fell apart this last one. I’m coming around, the new guys are great.

“You’re a Knick fan, but what does it mean to be a Knick fan? Just that they play in the Garden? It’s the guys. It’s the guys you get attached to. It’s the way they play together and the interactions and the inside jokes and whatever you guys all have that reads. You get rid of a couple of those guys, I was like ‘Are you f–king kidding me? You can’t do that.’

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