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Dez Bryant tells Molly Qerim she ‘overreacted’ to LaVar Ball comment

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Larry Brown | Last updated 6/27/19

Dez Bryant weighed in on the LaVar Ball “First Take” controversy from last week, and he doesn’t believe Ball was wrong.

Early this week, Bryant tweeted at ESPN host Molly Qerim to tell her she “dramatically overreacted” and owes Ball an apology.

@MollyQerim I’m late but I just seen the espn video of you and lavar ball… just being real.. you owe that man an apology straight up… I didn’t even sense foul play from him… you dramatically overreacted.. mature women like Doris Burke need those jobs

— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) June 23, 2019

He continued to defend his stance even when people challenged him on it.

I’m saying more women who know there stuff and smart enough to know every man don’t want them.. it’s a job… she’s out of line… I didn’t see nothing sexual about what he said https://t.co/01nETmtoDn

— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) June 23, 2019

Tell me what was sexual about that? Far reach my brotha… on live Tv with a wife at home and 3 successful kids… stop it https://t.co/cxukr5QvxW

— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) June 23, 2019

Bryant later on Twitter defended Ball but got LaVar’s quote wrong. He said Ball told Qerim “we can switch gears,” which is much different from Ball’s actual quote of, “you can switch gears with me any time.”

Because your question is not valid.. they are on a show talking about sports anybody with any kind of sense would know…. when she asked “ can I switch gears lavar and he said we can switch gears…… would know he’s talking about switching topics.. her mind in the gutter https://t.co/fmNp4jyWEd

— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) June 23, 2019

Other people have repeated Ball’s quote wrong when defending him. There is a world of difference between “we can switch gears” and what he actually said, and more importantly, the way he said it. There was innuendo and seduction to it. She and ESPN had reasons to be upset and call it “completely inappropriate.”

Those defending LaVar by looking at just the words he said and not the way it was said are missing half the picture. That’s like ignoring if someone winks while saying something in a sarcastic voice; you’ve completely missed the point.

The end result is ESPN saying they have no plans to use Ball as a guest moving forward.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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