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Damar Hamlin apparently ruffled some feathers along with his outfit at Super Bowl LVII. Most notably, former NFL working again Adrian Peterson took exception to Hamlin’s jacket.
Hamlin was in attendance to assist honor the emergency personnel that saved his life on the sector in Cincinnati, and he wore a Takashi Murakami jacket that options an altered depiction of Jesus on the cross.
According to TMZ, Peterson noticed the jacket and posted a photograph of it on social media with the caption, “Blasphemy!”
“You needs to be thanking God son!” Peterson wrote. “This is Blasphemy!! We all fall quick however cmon man! I discover this disrespectful!! #grateful #goddid””
Former NFL working again Fred Taylor instantly jumped to Hamlin’s protection, saying Peterson ought to have contacted Hamlin immediately earlier than blowing him up on-line.
“You ought to DM him bro…I’m certain he is take heed to your opinion,” Taylor wrote within the feedback. “Posting it does not assist anybody. He’s younger, younger ppl do not at all times assume earlier than they put on issues similar to individuals who put on skulls and different issues that does not align with Christian beliefs. Try to achieve him.”
Eventually, Peterson did attain out to Hamlin. In an Instagram put up, Peterson defined that he spoke to Hamlin in regards to the jacket. Peterson nonetheless maintained that the jacket was “disrespectful” and stated he felt “offended” by the depiction of Jesus, however he additionally famous that Hamlin had no “in poor health intent” in carrying the jacket.
Drama in regards to the jacket initially blew up when Hamlin posted a video of himself having a second with Philadelphia Eagles working again Miles Sanders earlier than the sport. In the remark part, one person got here to Hamlin’s protection, and he defined the jacket’s imagery in a reply.
“somebody who will get it!!” Hamlin wrote. “I’d by no means disrespect my lord & savior. Art is expressed in some ways. I wore the jacket as a result of it is a common model that aligns extra with God then not. this can be a tribute in an inventive method not disrespect. But for many who do not perceive that & assume in any other case then I apologize.”
