Philadelphia, PA, United States (AHN Sports) – Philadelphia Eagles DeSean Jackson and Chicago White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham have gotten into some trouble lately for their use of gay slurs.
Jackson did not react all too kindly to a caller on a radio show giving him grief, while Beckham tried to give some to an old friend.
Jackson, the electrifying wide receiver for the Eagles was appearing on the All Out Show with Rude Jude and Lord Sear on Sirius XM’s Shade 45, a hip-hop channel affiliated with Eminem.
Jackson was taking phone calls when a caller named Troy from Tensee calls and asks Jackson if he ever “had his (penis) knocked in the dirt?” Jackson didn’t take the question to well.
“What type of question is that?” Jackson replied. “Say ‘no homo,’ gay-ass. Faggot.”
Jackson has been lauded for his work in prisons and for appearing on the television show the View to highlight the need to stop bullying, but in this case it seems he made a mistake that he is ready to apologize for.
“I am sorry for using words that I know to be hurtful and unacceptable in a recent radio interview,” Jackson said on Twitter. “I have made a mistake and would like to make it clear that words I used meant no disrespect to the Gay and Lesbian community. Intolerance is unacceptable and I apologize to anyone I have offended.”
Beckham was just trying to rib an old friend but it ended up grabbing more attention that he hoped.
Beckham jokingly wrote a message in the dirt calling friend and former teammate Chris Getz gay. Beckham wrote the message near second base in Monday’s game against Kansas City and it read: “GETZ IS GAY! GB.”
Some fans sitting in the upper deck at U.S. Cellular Field noticed the writing. The message was first reported Saturday by the Chicago Sun-Times. Getz, also a second baseman, was traded along with Josh Fields from the White Sox to the Royals in November, 2009.
“Obviously I apologize and kind of want to move on. Obviously it was meant as a joke but obviously it was in the wrong place and I didn’t mean it that way. I will just try to move on,” Beckham told reporters before the White Sox played the Twins on Saturday. “It’s one of those things that was unfortunate that happened and I want to try to move on from it.”
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