Cowboys’ Jerry Jones denies ‘ludicrous’ feedback from ex-Commanders exec alleging racist, homophobic beliefs
Earlier this week, the Washington Commanders fired the staff’s former vice chairman of content material, Rael Enteen, after a video was launched of him making disparaging feedback about NFL gamers, NFL followers and Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones. The video was launched Wednesday by the O’Keefe Media Group. James O’Keefe, who based the corporate, informed the Related Press that the video was recorded in June in a state of affairs the place Enteen thought he was occurring a date, however the individual he went out with was truly an undercover reporter.
“Over 50% of our roster is white spiritual, and God says, ‘F— the gays.’ Their interpretation. I do not purchase any of that,” Enteen might be heard saying. “One other large chunk is low-income African People that comes from a group [that] is inherently very homophobic.”
He later mentioned of Jones, “Jerry Jones, who actually runs the NFL, I believe he hates homosexual folks, black folks,” contrasting him with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, to whom Enteen mentioned these descriptions don’t apply.
On Friday, Jones responded to Enteen’s feedback.
“I dismissed it instantly. Did not even give it some thought,” Jones mentioned, through Yahoo! Sports activities. “Severely. It is so off-base and fallacious, so I did not give it any extra thought in any respect. And I hope nobody does as a result of it is ludicrous.”
Upon launch of the video, the Commanders mentioned that, “The language used within the video runs counter to our values on the Commanders group. We’ve suspended the worker pending an investigation and can reserve additional remark at the moment.”
Lower than a day later, Enteen was fired.