Stefon Diggs was not at all pleased about Bart Scott poking fun at his younger brother Trevon’s misfortune.
The ESPN host Scott received backlash on Friday for a joke in poor taste about the Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs, who just suffered a season-ending ACL tear in practice. Scott smirked about “something bad always happen[ing]” to the Cowboys and immediately got called out by his “First Take” co-hosts for doing so (see the video here).
The Buffalo Bills receiver Stefon also chimed in about Scott’s lousy joke in a post to X and did not hold back.
“Bart scott. Like what did you gain from that ?” Stefon wrote. “Other than looking like a [clown emoji].”
Bart scott. Like what did you gain from that ? Other than looking like a 🤡
— DIGGS (@stefondiggs) September 22, 2023
Stefon also posted another tweet in the same window that read, “Ol fake try to be funny a–” (profanity edited by LBS).
A retweet from Stefon of a post by Cowboys safety Jayson Kearse that read “Keep these cornballs from off the TV” later followed as well.
https://twitter.com/Jayronkearse8/status/1705282213762224540
Joking about serious injuries and other types of misfortune is generally off-limits, especially for those who have national media platforms. Scott clearly did not get the memo however and came away from that segment looking pretty buffoonish.
The multi-time All-Pro Stefon is famously close with his brother Trevon, so he definitely wasn’t about to let Scott’s low blow there slide.
