‘It’s an important time’: 49er Nick Bosa crashes postgame interview with MAGA hat
San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa showed his support for Donald Trump after a victory by crashing his teammates’ postgame interview with a “Make America Great Again” hat.
Following a 30-24 win over the Dallas Cowboys on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” three of Bosa’s teammates were participating in an interview with NBC’s Melissa Stark.
As Stark was asking star quarterback Brock Purdy about “what was said” in the locker room during halftime, Bosa approached the two from behind wearing a white hat with the MAGA message written in gold letters.
“Hey,” Stark said to Bosa, ready to hear him out.
With no words, Bosa simply pointed to his hat and ran off-screen.
“All right! Nick Bosa with a message there!” Stark said awkwardly as tight end George Kittle could be heard laughing.
Rumors circulated online that NBC had censored the interaction in subsequent social media posts; however, an official post by the network the morning after the game appeared unedited and included the interaction.
‘I think it’s an important time.’
At a postgame press conference, Bosa was asked about his show of support for the Republican candidate.
“It appeared to be a political statement,” a reporter said to the 27-year-old.
Keeping his comments short, Bosa said, “I’m not gonna talk too much about it, but I think it’s an important time.”
With Trump holding a massive, star-studded rally at Madison Square Garden the same weekend, Bosa wasn’t the only football player to put his politics in the spotlight on the field.
In college football, Texas Tech placekicker Reese Burkhardt also used clothing to get his message across.
Down by 11 points to TCU, Burkhardt ran a fake field goal for a five-yard touchdown.
During his celebration, the kicker pulled up his jersey to reveal a white shirt with “Trump ’24 MAGA” written on it, showing it off to the crowd of fans from two Texas universities.
Unfortunately for the kicker, TCU pulled off a 17-point comeback to edge out Texas Tech 35-34.
Reese Burkhardt of Texas Tech scores on a fake field goal against TCU.Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images
As for Bosa, he has been a vocal Trump supporter and was seen interacting with the former president at UFC 299 earlier this year. Bosa and Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow were shown shaking hands and embracing the politician before the main event in Miami.
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