Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl
Five months after appearing on “The View” to support a 13-year-old boy who had been attacked by classmates, Eagles Pro Bowl receiver DeSean Jackson is making off-the-field headlines of a different nature.
And he’s taken a defensive stance in the aftermath.
Jackson, appearing on a hip-hop radio show late last month, used a multiword gay slur in response to a berating caller.
Jackson took calls on Sirius XM’s “All Out Show with Rude Jude and Lord Sear” on June 30, replying in passing to a derogatory question about Jackson’s toughness. Jackson responded, “What kind of question is that?” followed by the gay slurs.
Responding presumably to accounts of his comments in the media, Jackson took to Twitter on Friday night, saying he was “standing tall” despite the negative publicity.
Deadspin.com first reported the comments, with audio provided by DCFanatic.com.
In his cryptic Twitter-style message written in all capital letters, Jackson wrote: “They looking to take ya down at all times no matter how positive and what you do! It’s always a way they try to get ya. I’m standing tall.”
Further, Jackson wrote: “Wanna bring me down but I’m OK. They trying to knock me off but I’m still on!”
One of the show’s hosts, “Rude” Jude, told Deadspin he hoped the star receiver didn’t apologize, characterizing the exchange as a joke.
Jackson “is a hood dude,” and for “hood cats,” Jude said, according to the website.
“I don’t think he’s homophobic,” Jude said, according to Deadspin. “He’s joking.”
In February, Jackson was featured on ABC’s “The View” in a surprise appearance during a show about a boy who had been bullied by schoolmates.
Jackson was voted to the Pro Bowl in 2009 and 2010. He has 3,135 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns in three seasons.
There was no immediate comment from the Eagles, according to CSNPhilly.
Neither Jackson nor his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, could be reached for comment, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and the league consistently have stated players are subject to review and discipline under the personal-conduct policy for potential violations during the lockout.
Goodell has said players who violate the policy during the lockout will be disciplined.
WRITTEN BY Information from ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen was used in this report.
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AUDIO by DEADSPIN.com
In it, you’ll hear DeSean not take too kindly to one of the calls, from Troy in Tennessee. Troy asks if DeSean’s “had his dick knocked in the dirt [indecipherable],” before the call ends. According to the invaluable Urban Dictionary, knocking one’s dick in the dirt entails knocking someone down or out—maybe even giving someone a concussion?
Jackson replies, “What type of question is that? Say ‘no homo’, gay-ass. Faggot.”
