wrote<\/a> on X last month. \u201cBut NBC is so afraid of him mentioning the name of Jesus Christ on air that they edited his post-game interview. Whoever is responsible for this should be fired,\u201d he added.<\/p>\nDespite the incident, Stroud told Complex he\u2019s \u201cnot angry\u201d about being censored. \u201cI wish that it wasn\u2019t that but, you know, I pray for people and I think God has called us to love one another through thick and thin, mistakes or success,\u201d he said. \u201cI just want to show love. We\u2019re not all perfect as people, even myself. I follow the Lord, but I\u2019m not perfect and I try to just be that light in a dark time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think God has called us to really just be a light to one another and just show love,\u201d the athlete added. \u201cI just pray for people and I don\u2019t have any ill will or any anger to that. I wish that it wasn\u2019t that, but, I\u2019m just being myself always. I grew up in the church and I found Christ in myself and I\u2019m just trying to get better and I just want people to feel the love that I felt from God. So, I don\u2019t feel any ill will about it, it\u2019s all love.\u201d<\/p>\n
Donovan McNabb, who spent the majority of his NFL career with the Philadelphia Eagles, denounced NBC\u2019s censorship as \u201clame\u201d and \u201cdisrespectful.\u201d<\/p>\n
During his OutKick podcast \u201cThe Five Spot,” McNabb said that NBC should \u201cgo back \u2026and evaluate themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re a media outlet that\u2019s supposed to express and show and display what these young men are all about,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is their opportunity \u2014 and their platform to be able to step on stage and tell people and show people what type of individual they are, and C.J. Stroud is doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why you hear a lot of athletes say, ‘I can use my platform to reach out to millions of people.’ They [NBC] have to get this thing corrected, because that\u2019s definitely not the direction it needs to be going in at this point,\u201d McNabb added.<\/p>\n
Image credit: \u00a9Getty Images \/ Carmen Mandato \/ Staff<\/em><\/p>\n\nMilton Quintanilla is a freelance writer and content creator. He is a contributing writer for Christian Headlines and the host of the For Your Soul Podcast, a podcast devoted to sound doctrine and biblical truth. He holds a Masters of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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