Salvatore Monella



Salvatore Monella, who often goes by the name Sal Monella, is an Italian man who has a major beef with Tony. Sal is characterized as a frank down-to-earth man who speaks his mind and isn't shy about needing to piss on the air.

Tough Talk with Sal
Ever since Tony quit TonyTalk in early March 2021, the fan-base was threatened with boredom. Sal intervened to keep the community together. He took over TonyTalk and remodeled the BlogTalkRadio page for his new show, Tough Talk with Sal.

Reception for Tough Talk was mostly positive, with fans of Tony praising Sal for doing things Tony wouldn't usually do, like play songs, bring on Joe Gibson, and do extra shows. Sal had Rico as a guest co-host in the second episode.

History
Sal is the older brother of Gina and fears her for her ferocious temper and history of violence, even as a child. He respects her enough not to intervene, though he has threatened to belly slap Tony for sleeping with her.

Sal's first problem with Tony was his show TonyTalk being too close to Sal's BTR show, SalTalk. Then when Sal changed to Sal Smooth, Tony briefly went back to Danger Smooth. The cherry on top was the revelation that Tony had allegedly had a date with Gina. All of this has angered Sal to the point where he will 'leave Tony where he finds him' and other vulgar aggressive statements.

In early August 2020, Sal attended Johnny's casino cruise ship. When the ship began to sank, Sal stole a lifeboat all to himself, leaving his sister Gina behind. He then got into the water and peed in the vicinity of the survivors.

Sal has COVID-19; he deliberately gave himself the disease to take advantage of the COVID-19 room in Johnny's casino, where people with the coronavirus get free blowjobs.

Sal is currently living in the UK, singing hit after hit for Mike Buchanan's record label. On occasion Sal has threatened to fly over to Boston to slap the chins off of Tony, which has been followed by death threats from Tony.

Sal and business
Sal has an eye for making moolah, often taking opportunities Tony wish he had.

Sal was chosen over Tony by UK music producer Mike Buchanan after he accused Tony of stealing Sal's songs. Sal then played his songs on TonyTalk. Tony was livid as Sal speaks the lyrics like William Shatner but the fan reaction is universally positive. Sal then pushed Tony over the edge by banging Agatha in the recording studio, leading to a ragequit.

Sal's album - the Salbum - was released in September 2020. Tony was incredulous and pissed off as Sal talks rather than sings, and then takes a break from singing to order a pizza.

Lately Sal has been doing advertisements for various donators to the show. He has done ads for Johnny's Casino and Cheeseburger Emporium and Jeff's Hand Job Emporium. The crowning achievement was the Sal and Rico duet: the blowjob song. Tony was outraged by both the song and his listeners' applause for it. Requests for encores had him ragequit.

In February 2021 Sal joined Stevie B's record label and did a remix of the blowjob room song featuring Ken Fishman. Jeff produced the track. Tony hates Sal's 'singing' but said that Ken's wailing could use some work.

Recently
In the post-Valentines episode Sal hacked the show to keep things clean. No one wanted a repeat of last episode, which involved heavy drinking and self-pity. Tony loathed the intrusion, especially as Sal plugged new songs. Tony was going to take a long break but Sal threatened to take over the show and make it SalTalk, twisting Tony's arm into staying out of spite.

In mid-2021 Sal's patience for Tony verbally abusing Gina and her newborn daughter spurned him to call Tony out for a physical confrontation. Tony would drive to these locations only to not find Sal. In mid-July Sal summoned Tony to the park and watched him be escorted out by security.

In October 2021 Sal caught some flak from his sister Gina for saying the word 'blowjob' in front of his niece and mother. Sal was hacking/co-hosting TonyTalk at the time she demanded an apology. Sal begrudgingly apologised and then defended Gina from Tony's comments.

In November 2021 Sal warned Tony that he broke omertà, the code of silence in the Italian Mafia. Tony denied this and also denied the Mafia's existence. Coach Wilson was perturbed by the alleged mafia connection and warned Tony not to talk to him again.