D.L. Hughley doesn’t see any honor in Saquon Barkley’s choice to spend time with Donald Trump.
The Philadelphia Eagles star working again left followers heated when footage and pictures from an April 27 golf outing with the president surfaced on-line. That anger was amplified when he and his teammates visited the White Home on April 28.
“The Unique Kings of Comedy” standout has been overtly crucial of the Republican chief. He spoke about Trump’s “unsavory” and “plain” efforts to “erase Black individuals’s historical past” with TMZ Sports activities throughout the dwell broadcast on April 29. The subject of the dialogue was “Athletes Catch Warmth For Trump W.H. Go to.”
Barkley defended his solo outing in an April 28 tweet that learn, partially, “lol some individuals are actually upset trigger I performed golfed and flew to the White Home with the PRESIDENT. Possibly I simply respect the workplace, not a tough idea to know. Simply golfed with Obama not too way back…and sit up for ending my spherical with Trump !”
The day his message to critics was revealed additionally marked the Eagles post-Tremendous Bowl official White Home go to. Noticeably lacking from the journey had been star MVP quarterback Jalen Hurts, CJ Gardner-Johnson, and 10 others.
Superbowl winners the Philadelphia Eagles had been invited to the White Home on Monday, however a handful determined to not attend. DL Hughley joined us on TMZ Dwell to debate! pic.twitter.com/Da37Sr7I4U
— TMZ Dwell (@TMZLive) April 29, 2025
The comic, nevertheless, isn’t shocked by the backlash Barkley has confronted for his help of Trump. “Any Black man that does it’s going to clearly catch some degree of warmth,” he informed TMZ Sports activities.
In truth, Hugley stated that the NFL participant matches the invoice of somebody who would flip a blind eye to the ramifications of Trump’s administration. “When it’s a Black particular person, I can at all times inform what they’re,” he stated, using the athlete’s fiancée, Anna Congdon’s, N-word scandal as proof.
“I’m not shocked that he dated a white woman that stated the N-word, that threw the N-word round. He seems to be just like the sort of man that might do it and the sort of man that might do this wouldn’t care about what occurred to Black individuals,” he defined.
Among the many #Eagles not on the White Home at this time:
• Jalen Hurts• AJ Brown• DeVonta Smith• Brandon Graham• Darius Slay• Nolan Smith• Jordan Davis• Jalen Carter• CJ Gardner-Johnson• Zack Baun• Nakobe Dean• Isaiah Rodgers• Jalyx Hunt• Josh Sweat pic.twitter.com/5yr5BNYRF3
— Eagles Nation (@PHLEaglesNation) April 28, 2025
Tweets of her utilizing the racial slurs as a 12- or 13-year-old in 2012 and 2013 resurfaced once more forward of the 2025 Tremendous Bowl. The Pennsylvania State College alums share two kids and have been collectively since 2017.
“He seems to be like that sort of man that’s detached to what Black individuals undergo… He [Trump] seeks them out… These sorts of women and men simply present up at these occasions, they usually’re nice for digital camera fodder,” “The Hughleys” actor continued.
When he addressed Barkley’s response to the fallout, Hughley made certain to take purpose at Trump.
“You possibly can’t squeeze honor out of the unhonorable. He’s an unhonorable man who insults Black individuals, insults our historical past each day… Donald Trump has a sure lack of respect for Black individuals, and he demonstrates it on a regular basis. And I believe any Black man or Black girl who goes to see him has an air of shoebootyness round. They do.”
A contrarian reacting on Fb to the interview steered, “Possibly this isn’t about Trump … However a life alternative to see the White Home and meet the sitting President Of the USA.” A second consumer quipped, “He simply mad he didn’t get invited!”
On Instagram one social media consumer stated, “Saquan is unquestionably the skinfolk who isn’t kin.”
