Lions’ Amon-ra St Brown Apologizes For Offense Caused Over ‘trump Dance’ During Game

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St Brown has apologized to anyone who was offended by his “Trump Dance” during his team’s triumph complete nan Washington Commanders connected Sunday.

St Brown performed nan dance – which has go celebrated pinch athletes complete nan past twelvemonth – during nan game, which nan US president attended.

The creation attracted backlash connected societal media, and nan subordinate addressed nan disapproval connected nan podcast he hosts pinch his brother, Equanimeous, who has besides played successful nan NFL.

“First of all, if I offended anyone, I do apologize. I did not mean to offend anyone. It was just, we’re having fun,” Amon-Ra St Brown said connected nan St Brown Podcast. “If immoderate president was astatine that crippled and had a creation I would person done it. It had thing to do pinch who nan president was.”

Trump missed seeing nan creation successful person: St Brown’s rendition came aft he scored a touchdown successful nan first quarter, earlier nan president arrived. Trump did, however, station a clip of nan receiver’s creation to societal media later pinch a caption calling him “Amon-Ra St Trump.”

Trump has a testy narration pinch nan convention and its players, though he has support from NFL stars specified arsenic Nick Bosa and Harrison Butker and attended past season’s Super Bowl. During his first term, he described NFL players protesting against societal injustice arsenic “sons of bitches”. In his 2nd word he has urged nan Commanders to revert to their erstwhile racist nickname and attacked nan league’s decision to take Trump professional Bad Bunny to play nan Super Bowl’s halftime show this season.

“We were conscionable having fun, doing nan dance. Nothing more, thing less,” St Brown said connected nan podcast.

On Sunday, Trump became nan first sitting president to be a regular-season NFL crippled since Jimmy Carter successful 1978. Trump was booed by ample conception of nan crowd, and reports person emerged that he wants nan Commanders to sanction their caller stadium aft him.