Kirk Herbstreit Facing Backlash For Controversial Social Media Post

ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit tried to show support for those in California impacted by this week's wildfires. Unfortunately, his prayers were met with immediate backlash. 

Earlier this week, Herbstreit told On3's Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman that he deleted his own Twitter account. He said his son now posts content for him. The timing of this reveal was very interesting. Over the past few weeks, he's been getting ripped to shreds for showing "College Football Playoff bias" towards certain programs.  

"I deleted Twitter a long time ago," Herbstreit said. "I don't have it. I just have a buddy — my son tweets stuff out — It's ridiculous. I don't read anything. I don't see anything. Nothing." 

While it may be true that Herbstreit gave up his Twitter account, his latest post sounds like it came from him. 

"Just woke up and seeing how devastating the fires are in Southern California-we obviously just left that area calling the Rose Bowl-know so many people that are in harms way-thinking and praying for everyone’s safety in that region," Herbstreit wrote on X. 

College football fans couldn't wait to greet Herbstreit's post with questions about who's truly running the account. 

"This is nice but you literally just said that you don’t use twitter so why are you having someone else post this to make you look good? Tbh this such a bad look," one fan replied. "If you really want to express sentiment do it. OR did you lie in your interview and you really do manage your twitter."

Another person said, "I thought you deleted social media Kirk? Is this your buddy/son posting for you?"

"I thought you deleted Twitter," a social media user added.