Le’Veon Bell whitethorn yet get his White House invitation.
The two-time All-Pro moving backmost called retired each nan doubters and naysayers successful an enthusiastic exclamation connected Instagram conscionable minutes aft news collapsed that Donald Trump would beryllium returning to nan Oval Office.
“I tried to show y’all, man,” Bell says arsenic he tugs astatine nan measure of his reddish MAGA cap. “Make America awesome again. Make America awesome again. Now y’all tin spell and get a hat.”
Bell past referenced a post connected X past play successful which he stated he would time off nan state if Trump lost.
“Ain’t nary constituent successful maine moving now, huh?” Bell said. “I’m leaving nan state if Kamala Harris wins [the election].”
The connection drew ire from immoderate of Bell’s erstwhile NFL colleagues, including two-time Super Bowl champion and four-time Pro Bowler Asante Samuel.
“Do america each a favour and please time off now,” Samuel had written successful response.
Bell fired backmost astatine Samuel and different Trump-detractors successful nan wee hours of Wednesday morning.
“Y’all thought I was astir to spell somewhere? Jokes connected you. Jokes connected you,” he says. “I ain’t going nowhere. I’m here. Make America great, man.”
“Y’all thought I was crazy, y’all thought I was trippin’?” Bell asks. Then, mocking his haters: “Oh, Le’Veon Bell, he a c—n, he sewage CTE … Oh, do I? Or do you?”
Bell, who was 1 of nan NFL’s premier backs successful nan mid-2010s, has been backing nan 47th president for months.
In mid-October, he appeared connected shape pinch erstwhile Pittsburgh Steelers teammate Antonio Brown astatine a Trump rally successful Latrobe, Pa., and later spoke astir nan acquisition connected TikTok.
“Trump a existent one, bro. He a existent 1 … he didn’t show maine he was going to telephone maine up. He conscionable did that, bro – disconnected nan emotion … I could’ve messed up everything…” Bell said.
Bell has not held an NFL roster spot since 2022. After spending portions of his eight-year NFL career pinch nan Steelers and Jets, he has appeared successful boxing matches against Adrian Peterson and, much precocious began sharing nan friendly specifications of his life connected OnlyFans.