Rachel Nichols Slams Antonio Brown For His ‘Gross’ And ‘Demeaning’ Behavior

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Rachel Nichols took aim at Antonio Brown on Monday’s episode of Undisputed on FS1 for what she called his “gross” and “demeaning” behavior.

Over the weekend, LeBron James caused a stir when he was pictured sitting between Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and Lakers executive Linda Rambis during Friday night’s game versus the Bucks.

A lot of fans had fun with the images, but as has become the norm, Antonio Brown took his “trolling” to levels that many felt crossed the line.

After the video of James, Buss and Rambis went viral, Brown posted a manipulated photo on X of what appeared to be LeBron in bed with two women who he insinuated were Jeanie Buss and Linda Rambis.

Of course, never missing a chance to talk about LeBron James, Skip Bayless chose to discuss the interaction on Undisputed with NBA reporter and analyst Rachel Nichols.

“A little schmoozing doesn’t hurt,” Nichols said about the viral moment. “He is putting himself in position, saying all the right things. As for the Jeanie Buss part of the equation, I don’t have an issue with most of the jokes that went across the internet. Most of them were in bounds. She’s tough. It’s fine.

“I did, unfortunately, see some out of bounds stuff that was there and just so gross. You had Antonio Brown of all people, tweeting a photoshopped picture of two women, who were naked, who resembled Jeanie and Linda, in bed in a compromising position. Look, this woman is the owner of one of the most successful franchises in the entire world and someone is demeaning her in this way.”

Keyshawn Johnson responded by basically saying “AB is gonna AB” and to not put too much stock in anything he does or says.

Nichols still wasn’t having it.

“She’s got a former Super Bowl champion basically calling her a p—- actress,” Nichols continued. “I think given that, if Jeanie had to do it over again, she would probably do it differently.”

Nichols’ main point regarding the whole thing was that Brown’s reaction again showed how “women in sports still have to be hyper-conscious” of how they interact with people. Is she wrong?

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