Watch: America, We Just Got Our First Openly-Gay Active NFL Player

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: Bill Cosby enjoyed his first night at home since being released from prison on Wednesday by sinking his teeth into some hot fresh pizza and cracking jokes with those close to him, Fox News can report.

*Content Warning* The article contains references to sexual assaultAmid major uproar when it comes to Bill Cosby's prison release on Wednesday, i.e. June 30, following his sexual assault conviction being overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the 83-year-old comedian broke his silence in a Twitter statement.

Bill Cosby let his spokesman do all the talking at a press conference on Wednesday, following his surprise release from prison today, freed after serving more than two years when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction for the rape of Andrea Constand.

Bill Cosby is breaking his silence.

Surrounded by his legal team, a frail Bill Cosby had nothing to say today about his sudden release from incarceration and overturned rape conviction.

This is such a heartwarming story!

Joy Behar walked back a joke she made about gay NFL player Carl Nassib during Tuesday’s edition of “The View”, later admitting it was “inappropriate.”

in a video posted to Instagram on Monday. “I’m at my house here in West Chester, Pennsylvania,” said Nassib, a defensive end for the Las Vegas Raiders.

Star Trek’sGeorge Takei has congratulated American football star Carl Nassib for coming out as gay. On Monday (21 June), the Las Vegas Raiders player, shared a video to Instagram explaining that he was a “pretty private person”, but hoped him coming out would mean other people would not have to make similar videos in the future.

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NFL world has come together after Las Vegas Raiders’ Carl Nassib became the first active player to publicly come out as gay. The 28-year-old made the announcement in a video on his Instagram account on Monday.

View this post on InstagramThe Raiders tweeted parts of Nassib's post, with a caption featuring a love heart and the words "Proud of you, Carl". The NFL responded to the post by sharing the video with the caption: "The NFL family is proud of you, Carl.

American footballer, Carl Nassib has just made NFL history as he is the first-ever active player in America’s National Football League to come out as gay.

Instagram account, which has almost 61,000 followers. “I just want to take a quick moment to say that I’m gay,” Nassib said in the the video shot at his home in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Carl Nassib, a defensive lineman for the Las Vegas Raiders, has become the first active NFL player in league history to come out as gay. The football player, 28, shared his truth in a new Instagram video on June 21, explaining that he has “been meaning to do this for a while now” and “finally [feels] comfortable getting it off my chest.”

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib made history today, becoming the first active NFL player to come out as gay. He made the announcement in an Instagram post.

coming out today, commending the player for “sharing his truth.” Nasisb came out as gay via a video posted to his Instagram page on Monday. In the post, Nassib added that he planned to donate $100,000 to The Trevor Project, which works to provide mental health support and decrease suicide risk in LGBTQ+ youths.

NBC Sports. Former University of Missouri defensive end Michael Sam came out as gay before the 2014 NFL draft, was drafted by the then-St.