Christian Jones, who played with the Canadian football team the Edmonton Eskimos, has been fired after a homophobic tweet, which was posted on Global Pride Day.
Jones later apologised for the tweet. In his tweet, which has since been deleted, the receiver and kick returner wrote: “Ima keep it this [sic] real… Man ain’t suppose to be with a man.
A women [sic] is not suppose to be with another women [sic]. “THATS ME THO! Live life with safety.” The Edmonton Eskimos acted swiftly, removing Jones from their roster, and in a statement, they tweeted: “We stand by the LGBTQ2+ community and firmly condemn the language used by Christian Jones.