Francesa throws Maggie under the bus

James Dolan? A great guy who is going too far, according to Mike Francesa.

But the radio legend’s opinion on WFAN coworker Maggie Gray, whose show he disrupted by cutting short his retirement and who leads into Francesa’s afternoon program every weekday? The famously chauffeured passenger took the wheel of the bus and drove right over her.

Francesa launched a lengthy response to The Post Andrew Marchand’s report Monday that Dolan and MSG have banned their businesses across the country from working with Entercom, WFAN’s parent company, over Gray’s August diatribe against Dolan.

Taking to the airwaves a few hours after the report, Francesa was kind to pal Dolan, came down hard on MSG’s public relations staff for blowing up a rant for which it already had received an apology, and saved his most curious and controversial criticism for Gray, who had called Dolan a “hypocrite” and “vile piece of trash” for writing a song, “I Should’ve Known,” that appeared to be about his friend, the disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein.

“Stuff was said on the CMB show, which was over the top,” Francesa said, referring to Gray’s comments without mentioning her name. “What was bad about it was it was personal and from someone who had never met him, so that’s always risky.”

What’s also risky, Francesa said, was trying to drum up headlines, relying more on shtick than substance. Again, “Gray” never came out of his mouth.

“[Trying to gain attention] pushes other shows to try to get noticed more than they have to,” Francesa said. “Rather than organically let the show happen, you say things that are maybe going to get you attention and think that’s the way to get ahead.”

Francesa insisted Dolan previously did not even know who Gray was and said the billionaire owner of the Knicks and Rangers has an unfair bad rap because “he’s the rich guy who owns the toys.”