Lamar Jackson Apologizes For Vulgar Tweet, ‘I Was Bitter’

Lamar Jackson says he is sorry for sending a vulgar tweet following the Ravens’ emotional 28-27 loss to the Jaguars final Sunday … admitting on Friday he was simply “bitter” in regards to the L.

“I apologize if I hurt feelings out there,” Jackson mentioned when addressing reporters for the primary time since urgent ship on the tweet.

Jackson initially fired off the obscene response minutes after Baltimore’s defeat … after a Twitter person mentioned the Ravens shouldn’t signal the QB to a prolonged — and profitable — new contract.

“Boy STFU y’all be cappin too much on this app mf never smelt a football field,” he mentioned … earlier than ending the tweet with, “never did s*** but eat a d***.”

Ravens head coach John Harbaugh mentioned he spoke to Jackson over all of it on Monday … and referred to as it “out of character for him.”

Jackson mentioned he deleted the tweet, which remained on his web page for about 3 hours, after his girlfriend inspired him to take it down.

She “was like, I think you should delete it,” LJ mentioned. “I’m like, ‘All right ’cause I don’t know if I hurt somebody’s feelings,’ so I did. That’s just what it was. That’s why I deleted it.”

Jackson mentioned he hasn’t reached out to the fan for the reason that incident, however defined there is no dangerous blood between him and the person.

“What I take from this experience … don’t say nothing on Twitter,” Jackson mentioned. “Don’t say what I said ’cause it’s kids watching. Don’t need the kids saying that but just watch what you say.”