Le’Veon Bell has long been a divisive player in the NFL, since his days holding out for a contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, Bell has NFL fans riled up yet again after he made some viral comments on social media about Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid. Bell said that he would rather retire than play for Reid again in his career. which sparked a ton of debate, criticism, and more divisiveness online.
On Sunday, Bell both clarified and doubled down on his comments about Reid on Twitter:
“I said what I said & I don’t regret at all what I said,” Bell wrote. “For those who have a PERSONAL PROBLEM with me because of what I SAID, that’s fine…you have your right! just understand I ALSO have MY RIGHT for how I feel about MY PERSONAL problem with dude because of what HE SAID to me.”
“I’m not about to get all into depth on why I feel the way I do, but I have my right to feel the way I feel,” Bell continued. “The ONLY thing I would change is commenting how I really felt on social media… I’ll admit that’s somethin’ I could’ve and should’ve kept to myself & I apologize about that and that only… but I don’t regret what I said, because that’s how I feel.”
“So you can love me or hate me, I’m gonna be fine regardless,” Bell concluded. “I’m just giving you a small version from my point of view on why I said what I said …”