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Steelers Devin Bush Still Taking Heat For Disturbing Cat Tweet
Steelers linebacker Devin Bush is receiving intense criticism for a July 4th retweet of a video of a cat apparently falling to its death.
PITTSBURGH, PA — Steelers linebacker Devin Bush has drawn considerable criticism of a July 4 retweet of a video showing a cat appearing to fall to its death. Bush since has made the tweet unavailable.
Before that occurred, however, Bush indicated he was amused by the video. "The only time I seen a cat not land on its feat. OMG," screen captures show Bush posting.
The tweet came just days after Bush appeared to criticize two teammates - wide receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster and Chase Claypool - and anyone else using the TikTok platform.
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There has been no official response from the Steelers regarding Bush's retweet, although offensive lineman Zach Banner addressed it on his personal account.
The min @_Dbush11 lands back in the 412 I’m confiscating his phone lol…
— Zach Banner (@ZBNFL) July 4, 2021
Others were not as lighthearted about the matter as Banner.
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I was aboutta buy his jersey too. Dudes a good football player.Can somebody in his life just make sure he's good? Man's having a mid twenties crisis right now on Twitter and it's a bit concerning.
— Davyn Carulli (@davyn_carulli) July 5, 2021
You need to get off Twitter my man
— Hayden Derry (@HaydenDerry22) July 4, 2021
You need to get off Twitter my man
— Hayden Derry (@HaydenDerry22) July 4, 2021
You're just young. I like you a lot D-Bush. But you'll back on these silly tweets and be like " Damn why was I bothering to be negative at all". Trust me. Twitter was new and HOT when I was your age. Look back on my first years of tweets and was like " damn why was I so mean lol"
— Ter (@taperfilio) July 4, 2021
You're just young. I like you a lot D-Bush. But you'll back on these silly tweets and be like " Damn why was I bothering to be negative at all". Trust me. Twitter was new and HOT when I was your age. Look back on my first years of tweets and was like " damn why was I so mean lol"
— Ter (@taperfilio) July 4, 2021
Bush, drafted in the first round out of Michigan in 2019, is entering his third season with the team. He missed most of the 2020 season after suffering a knee injury.
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