Damar Hamlin Speaks Out on Controversial Super Bowl Crucifix Jacket Amid Criticism
etonline.comDamar Hamlin is apologizing to fans, and fellow NFL player Adrian Peterson, after they took offense to the jacket he wore at the Super Bowl.
On Sunday, Hamlin wore a $3,150 Takashi Murakami jacket called the «Travis Jesus,» with a cartoon crucifix on it. On top of the design was the word «Eternal.»Hamlin, who suffered cardiac arrest during the Buffalo Bills vs.
Cincinnati Bengals game on Jan. 2, attended the Super Bowl following his release from the hospital on Jan. 11. During Sunday's game, Peterson and some NFL fans went public with their comments, and Hamlin took to Twitter to speak out about the backlash. «After talking with my parents I understand how my coat could have offended some people.
It was never my intentions to hurt or disrespect anyone, the coat is abstract art to me. It says Eternal which I am Eternally thankful to my Savior! (1/2),” the 24-year-old Buffalo Bills star wrote on Wednesday. »My beliefs and Relationship with God is not tied to symbolic images.
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