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Seahawks CB Richard Sherman calls apology from wife of Bills kicker 'BS'
The Seahawks’ three-time All-Pro cornerback had two words Wednesday for Kaela Carpenter, wife of Buffalo Bills kicker Dan Carpenter, Gregg Bell of the Tacoma Tribune reports.
Two letters, more specifically.
“BS.”
That’s what Sherman called Kaela Carpenter’s apology posted on her social-media account Wednesday in which she cited an “attempt at humor.” That was after she had posted on Twitter a picture of a bander, a metal device used on farms to castrate animals, along with this message: “I know what we do on the farm when a male can’t control his own rage. #LuckyImNotThere #Sherman #ActLikeAnAmimalGetTreatedLike1.”
Her venting came after Sherman was way offside on her husband’s first field-goal attempt late in the first half of Monday night’s Seahawks win over the Bills. Sherman then hit the kicker and the ball but was not penalized.
It was the first of a series of bizarre events and officiating errors that marred Seattle’s 31-25 victory.
“My attempt at humor during a heated and highly controversial NFL game has not been received the way I intended,” Mrs. Carpenter wrote. “When I saw the out of control nature of the events that happened on the field, I jokingly wanted to relate it to life on the farm, where I grew up, and how it would have been handled there. Unfortunately, I did not realize that a tone of racism would dominate the response to what I intended to be a lighthearted defense of my husband. Regardless of the narrative that has been attached to my post, it was never intended to be related to race, or the disgusting hatred that creates the basis for racism.”
Sherman didn’t accept that.
“It’s not surprising, at all. This is a day and age you’ve got the Klu Klux Klan running around,” Sherman said before Wednesday’s practice for Sunday night’s test for the Seahawks (5-2-1) at New England (7-1). “People say whatever they want, and there’s very little consequence. For her to say something like that, and then have a BS apology like she did, it’s just the way of the world.
“I don’t let it bother me. It’s something I’m very used to. You know, it’s the way people are, the way they were raised.”
Asked if that saddened him, Sherman said: “It’s disappointing, more than anything. But it’s also something that’s understandable. Ignorance has always been in the world. The core of this country has always been built off slavery, people owning people. So ... you know, anytime you understand that’s the core principles of how this nation was built then you’ve got to have some kind of, you know, sympathy for it.”
Sherman added: “I’m sure if she were to come up trying to execute the actions that she said she would, I’m sure my family would have something to say about that.”
The Seahawks’ three-time All-Pro cornerback had two words Wednesday for Kaela Carpenter, wife of Buffalo Bills kicker Dan Carpenter, Gregg Bell of the Tacoma Tribune reports.
Two letters, more specifically.
“BS.”
That’s what Sherman called Kaela Carpenter’s apology posted on her social-media account Wednesday in which she cited an “attempt at humor.” That was after she had posted on Twitter a picture of a bander, a metal device used on farms to castrate animals, along with this message: “I know what we do on the farm when a male can’t control his own rage. #LuckyImNotThere #Sherman #ActLikeAnAmimalGetTreatedLike1.”
Her venting came after Sherman was way offside on her husband’s first field-goal attempt late in the first half of Monday night’s Seahawks win over the Bills. Sherman then hit the kicker and the ball but was not penalized.
It was the first of a series of bizarre events and officiating errors that marred Seattle’s 31-25 victory.
“My attempt at humor during a heated and highly controversial NFL game has not been received the way I intended,” Mrs. Carpenter wrote. “When I saw the out of control nature of the events that happened on the field, I jokingly wanted to relate it to life on the farm, where I grew up, and how it would have been handled there. Unfortunately, I did not realize that a tone of racism would dominate the response to what I intended to be a lighthearted defense of my husband. Regardless of the narrative that has been attached to my post, it was never intended to be related to race, or the disgusting hatred that creates the basis for racism.”
Sherman didn’t accept that.
“It’s not surprising, at all. This is a day and age you’ve got the Klu Klux Klan running around,” Sherman said before Wednesday’s practice for Sunday night’s test for the Seahawks (5-2-1) at New England (7-1). “People say whatever they want, and there’s very little consequence. For her to say something like that, and then have a BS apology like she did, it’s just the way of the world.
“I don’t let it bother me. It’s something I’m very used to. You know, it’s the way people are, the way they were raised.”
Asked if that saddened him, Sherman said: “It’s disappointing, more than anything. But it’s also something that’s understandable. Ignorance has always been in the world. The core of this country has always been built off slavery, people owning people. So ... you know, anytime you understand that’s the core principles of how this nation was built then you’ve got to have some kind of, you know, sympathy for it.”
Sherman added: “I’m sure if she were to come up trying to execute the actions that she said she would, I’m sure my family would have something to say about that.”
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