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#Podcast host would leave wife if she ‘lets herself go’ post-childbirth

“#Podcast host would leave wife if she ‘lets herself go’ post-childbirth”

The male hosts of “The No Filter Podcast” sparked a massive backlash over recent comments made about post-partum bodies — but they’re not backing down.

In a viral exchange on the show — created by Anthony Casasanta, Nick Casasanta and their buddy Jason Girratano — co-host Anthony put his future wife on blast.

“If my wife lets herself go after I have kids with her, I’m going to tell her, once: ‘If you don’t get your s–t together… If you can’t do that, I’m out,’” Anthony said in the video, which has amassed 2 million views.

“I still want to be sexually attracted to my wife, to my spouse .. Girlfriend, too,” he added, as the co-hosts piped up in agreement.

The comments garnered intense backlash, but Anthony told The Post that he and his co-hosts have no regrets about the remarks, saying: “We are not sorry.”

“It’s also not only about weight gain after childbirth, it’s also about mental health as well as the physical health,” Anthony told The Post via direct message on Instagram. “We feel like it’s very important to hold spouses, both men and women to a high standard.

“As for the people that ridiculed us for making this claim, we are not sorry,” he continued. “This is what we prefer and we’re allowed to have our opinion on things just like they’re allowed to have their views on certain things, it’s none of our business what their opinion on things are, therefore they should respect our view.”

Perhaps these guys haven’t heard the news: “mom bods” are in.

The TikTok account for the podcast, which launched earlier this month, invites visitors to “Enjoy the controversy!” Their video of the exchange — captioned “Goes for the man too! Stay on point!” — doesn’t currently allow comments, but it didn’t stop baffled viewers from making response videos.

Out of the now 80 response videos, many of which featured outraged women calling the host a “moron” or saying it’s “red flag” behavior, a few attracted viral attention.

Chance Terry, known on TikTok as @chancejterry, crafted his own response as he sipped coffee nonchalantly in his bathroom mirror.

“It’s way too f–king early for this s–t,” he began the video. “I don’t know why the algorithm sent you my way but here we go.

“Wake the f–k up, man,” Terry ranted. “Nobody else is living their life specifically for your wants and needs. Like, do the s–t that makes you happy, but don’t impose your unrealistic expectations and regulations on someone else’s life.

“That’s called manipulation. That’s called control. And forgive the living f–k out of me, but this just screams, ‘I don’t have an emotionally intimate bone in my body,’” he concluded his video, which has more than 1 million views.

Terry’s response received more than 12,000 comments, many of which applauded his retort.

“The good men of TikTok are speaking,” praised one user.

“You sir, are a real man. Take notes boys,” commented another fan.

“The fact that dad bods are a thing while women are expected to stay fit and thin after multiple pregnancies… says all you need to know,” wrote someone else.

The inflammatory comments made by the podcast hosts also were noticed by other TikTok users, namely Daniel Seong, known as @seonglife.

“How dare you make them feel bad for having your child?” he said in the clip, which has topped 118,000 likes. “Post-partum is a real thing… and they don’t need you to shove that down their throat. Honor your spouse. Love your spouse. Unconditionally.”

Anthony — who lives in Wayne, New Jersey, according to his Twitter account — said he and his fellow podcasters felt their comments were “taken out of context,” though they were expecting “negative” backlash anyway.

“We were talking years down the line after childbirth. We just don’t want our wives to be obese,” he told The Post. “We feel as if society promotes obesity which is a very unhealthy and uncomfortable way of living. We promote healthy lifestyles here at NoFilterPod.”

He added that the show turned off commenting on social media — including on their own personal accounts — “due to the fact that we were getting death threats along with our extended families who have nothing to do with this matter at all.

“We felt it was very unfair that the people who didn’t make any of these claims were involved,” he added.

Anthony also suggested that detractors have a simple way to tune out remarks they don’t appreciate.

“We hear and see all the hate that we are getting, if you don’t like what we say simply don’t watch and listen to our podcast,” he told The Post.

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