Fans Dig Up Old Racist Tweets Made By Eagles LB Nathan Gerry And He Instantly Issues Apology

by Jorge Alonso Last Updated Oct 9, 2020 12:54 am

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Nathan Gerry found himself in hot water on Thursday.

On Thursday afternoon fans dug up several old tweets from 2011/2012 made by Gerry where he used the n-word.

oh no Nathan Gerry what you doin pic.twitter.com/VHO6WHN9DV

— Zack. (@SixersZack) October 8, 2020

Gerry immediately faced backlash from fans who weren’t happy with his previous behavior.

https://twitter.com/bruthafrank/status/1314253588735107072

https://twitter.com/kimtaraba/status/1314263596956897280
Gerry went on to apologize for the Tweets in a Twitter post.

https://twitter.com/NathanGerry/status/1314316757017006080

The Eagles released a statement on the Gerry situation.

We were very disappointed to learn of Nate Gerry’s insensitive social media posts,” t “We do not condone or support that type of behavior in any way and we have discussed this matter with Nate privately. He understands that his actions were offensive and harmful and that the language he used is unacceptable.”