Drew Brees’ Wife Writes ‘We Are The Problem’ After Controversial Kneeling Comments

Just a few days after Drew Brees came under fire for his comments about kneeling during the national anthem, his wife, Brittany Brees, took to Instagram to issue her own apology. "WE ARE THE PROBLEM," she wrote in part of a post shared to their Brees Dream Foundation account.

Drew Brees has already educated himself and changed his opinion about the notion of peaceful protesting by kneeling during the National Anthem at football games. However, criticism for his original comments is still coming in.

Fox Sports commentator, Mike Hill, 49, is bothered by the timing of Drew Brees‘, 41, comments as the Black Lives Matter protests carry on across our nation. “When it came to Drew Brees, I just thought that it was tone deaf,” Mike told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY in an interview from his LA home on June 5. “I thought it was bad timing, I thought it was insensitive, I thought the first thing that popped out of his mouth was just wrong.”

Ellise Shafer editorNew Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has called out President Trump in an Instagram post, telling him that NFL players kneeling during the national anthem has nothing to do with the American flag itself, but with issues of racial injustice.“Through my ongoing conversations with friends, teammates, and leaders in the black community, I realize this is not an issue about the American flag.

NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem and raising of the American flag has never got as much attention — and shifts in opinion — as it has in the past 48 hours. It started out when New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees in a June 3 interview said, “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America” by kneeling.

Yahoo Finance. When asked how he would feel if players started kneeling again during the national anthem when the NFL season restarts, Brees said, “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country.”Also Read: Drew Brees Slammed By Teammates, Sports Journalists Over Comments About Kneeling ProtestsNegative reactions came swiftly, as did his apology.

Twitter users think Donald Trump, 73, should be the one apologizing after the POTUS threw shade at Drew Brees‘ attempt to backtrack on his anti-kneeling comments. “I am a big fan of Drew Brees. I think he’s truly one of the greatest quarterbacks, but he should not have taken back his original stance on honoring our magnificent American Flag. OLD GLORY is to be revered, cherished, and flown high…,” Trump tweeted on June 5.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticIn another display of Executive Time in action, Donald Trump today blared back out on the field of the NFL and race relations to condemn New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees for apparently changing his mind on fellow players taking a knee in protest.After already slobbering all over the memory of George Floyd and his death at the hands of Minneapolis police on Memorial Day in ill-considered remarks at the White House earlier on Friday, the

LOS ANGELES — The civil rights movie “Selma” was made free for rental on Friday, a day after actor David Oyelowo said Oscar voters had deliberately snubbed the film in 2015.

J. Kim Murphy editorProtesters gathered on Friday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to support the Black Lives Matter movement.The protest comes one day after David Oyelowo, who starred in the 2014 best picture nominee “Selma” as Dr.

Six years ago, Eric Garner — a 43-year-old Black man — died after being placed in a chokehold by an NYPD officer. His final words: “I can’t breathe.”

LeBron James is calling out Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham for what some see as a double standard when it comes to her response to athletes sharing political opinions. James took to Twitter on Sunday to bring attention to Ingraham's support of recent political remarks by Drew Brees just a few years after she famously told James to «shut up and dribble» when he criticized Donald Trump.

LeBron James is speaking out against Laura Ingraham.

Fox News personality Laura Ingraham is being called out for her apparent bias in respect to which athletes she deems worthy of having a voice outside of sports.

NFL superstar Drew Brees is getting an important lesson in social justice right now… let’s just hope he’s really listening and paying attention!

Go off. LeBron James slammed Drew Brees for his National Anthem kneeling comment.

Drew Brees has apologized for criticizing NFL players who choose to kneel during the national anthem at football games in protest of police brutality.

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“WOW MAN!! [facepalm emoji],” tweeted LeBron James, 35, on June 3 while sharing a clip of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees’s interview with Yahoo! Finance. In the interview, Drew, 41, was asked if the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and other black men and women killed by the police would trigger another round of Colin Kaepernick-inspired national anthem protests.

Drew Brees, the quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, is apologizing for his comments about kneeling during the National Anthem.