{"id":4424,"date":"2013-08-01T13:57:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T17:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=4424"},"modified":"2013-08-01T13:57:28","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T17:57:28","slug":"kenny-chesney-comments-on-riley-coopers-racial-outburst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/08\/01\/kenny-chesney-comments-on-riley-coopers-racial-outburst\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Chesney comments on Riley Cooper’s racial outburst"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper has been in the news recently for his racial comments at a Kenny Chesney concert held at Lincoln Financial Field.<\/p>\n

Some have began to stereotype Chesney and country music because of Riley’s comments and the singer wanted to give his side of the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m as shocked as anyone to see the video of Riley Cooper that\u2019s started circulating on the internet,\u201d Chesney told ESPN.com\u2019s LZ Granderson<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t believe in discrimination in any form, and I think using language like that is not only unacceptable, it is hateful beyond words.<\/p>\n

VICK:<\/strong> QB has forgiven Cooper<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cTo judge an entire audience by one loud mouth isn\u2019t fair \u2026 not to the NFL, not to the city of Philadelphia and that awesome crowd, not to my band and crew and certainly not to me, who believes music is about bringing people together for friendship and forgetting about the things in life that bring you down. The music I make is about living life, loving life and loving everybody.”<\/p>\n

The Eagles have fined Riley a “substantial” amount of money but he will avoid missing any playing time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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