Ex-NFL star Le'Veon Bell gloats about Trump victory after dealing with vitriol for supporting him

Donald Trump’s supporters were ecstatic that the 45th president of the United States was re-elected to go the 47th president, but nary 1 appeared to beryllium happier than erstwhile NFL prima Le’Veon Bell.

The erstwhile Pittsburgh Steelers moving backmost posted a video Wednesday nighttime connected X aft Fox News projected Trump to decision Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Pittsburgh Steelers moving backmost Le'Veon Bell against the Browns astatine FirstEnergy Stadium successful Cleveland, Oct. 12, 2014. (Andrew Weber-USA Today Sports)

"All I’m gonna accidental is I tried to archer y’all," Bell said. "Make America large again, marque America large again. Now you tin spell get a hat. Ain’t nary constituent of maine moving, huh? Y’all thought I wa astir to spell somewhere? Joke’s connected you! Joke’s connected you! I ain’t going nowhere. I’m present to marque America great, man. Donald Trump for president, 47th president.

"Y’all thought I was crazy. Y’all thought I was the 1 trippin,’" helium added, mocking radical who called him a c--- and said helium had "CTE" for choosing to enactment Trump. "… Trump the 47th president, similar I tried to archer y’all."

Bell threw his enactment down the erstwhile president successful the days earlier the election, and spoke astatine a Trump rally with his erstwhile teammate Antonio Brown.

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Steelers moving backmost Le'Veon Bell carries the shot against the Miami Dolphins astatine Heinz Field successful Pittsburgh, Dec. 8, 2013. (Charles LeClaire-USA Today Sports)

Afterward, Bell recalled the acquisition of him getting called up connected stage.

"I had fought, I had played successful large shot games – playoff, regular season, Super Bowls – I’ve ne'er had a feeling I had 2 days agone astatine that rally erstwhile I was down that mic successful beforehand of America. Maybe much than conscionable America, bro. I was successful beforehand of millions of people, bro," Bell said successful October.

"Let maine archer you however existent Trump is. One, I didn’t cognize I was going to beryllium called up connected the stage.… When Trump went up determination and talked bro, I had nary idea, zero clue, helium was going to telephone maine connected stage. Not lone did helium telephone maine connected stage, shook my hand, talked to maine a small bit, but I was reasoning that was going to beryllium it. I’m chill with that! Got my small photo-op… I’m cool. Bro, helium similar virtually looked maine close successful my look and conscionable backed up (and said), ‘You got thing to say? Say it.’ Basically said, the mic yours. I got truthful tense bro! I got shook."

Bell appeared to beryllium impressed with his enactment with Trump and however helium was capable to talk astatine the rally on with Brown.

Former President Trump listens to erstwhile Pittsburgh Steelers Antonio Brown, left, and, Le'Veon Bell, astatine a run rally, Oct. 19, 2024, astatine Arnold Palmer Regional Airport successful Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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"Basically, what I’m trying to accidental is Trump a existent 1 bro. He a existent one. He didn’t archer maine similar helium was gonna fto maine accidental thing oregon nothing, helium didn’t archer maine helium was going to telephone maine up. He conscionable did that bro – disconnected the love. I get it, helium mightiness wanna triumph the predetermination oregon whatever, but I’m trying to archer y’all, helium didn’t person to bash that. I could’ve messed up everything… That’s wherefore y’all don’t recognize is that Trump is simply a existent one."

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