French Soccer Star Antoine Griezmann Takes Down Blackface Photo After Serious Online Blowback

Antoine Griezmann, a footballer for Atlético Madrid, shared a photo on Twitter that got, as you can imagine, a ton of online backlash:

80’s Party ?? pic.twitter.com/TtIVlCkrfd

— Antoine Griezmann (@AntoGriezmann) December 17, 2017

A lot of people obviously had a problem with him dressing up in blackface:

Every year, every damn year. https://t.co/R6c4xScEY7

— Kazeem Famuyide (@RealLifeKaz) December 17, 2017

And Overseas Racially Insensitive Imbecile of the Year goes to….. #spoty https://t.co/gdLPJmKmHD

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 17, 2017

Yea. Nah. @antogriezman https://t.co/tdOjcB1xBZ

— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) December 17, 2017

Sad to see this from one of my favourite players. But our skin is not a costume to wear for “fun”. People struggle through life just for having this skin so it should not be worn for entertainment purposes https://t.co/bQtuBXWdFb

— Steve Zakuani (@Zakuani11) December 17, 2017

I genuinely thought we’d reached some sort of consensus on this not being OK, and now two in one day. I’m a bit baffled. https://t.co/K6Eg2eeV7Z

— Rory Smith (@RorySmith) December 17, 2017

This isn’t gonna play out in your favor https://t.co/PcoXYllrX6

— Justin Tinsley (@JustinTinsley) December 17, 2017

Delete this and your life https://t.co/nftZtaQ94o

— snoochie shy (@snoochieshy) December 17, 2017

Man WTF are you doing? https://t.co/YjDnI4V9lT

— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) December 17, 2017

When it's OK to do blackface:

– never
– seriously, never ever
– it's never OK
– don't ever do it

— James Tyler (@JamesTylerESPN) December 17, 2017

What is Antoine Griezmann thinking?

And is there nobody around him to tell him that is a very bad idea?

— John Bennett (@JohnBennettBBC) December 17, 2017

There are so, so many different options for an 80’s party, or a night out at the darts for that matter, that don’t involve blackface. I can’t believe we’re out here in 2017 saying don’t dress up in blackface. https://t.co/TzqsVdSOeg

— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) December 17, 2017

I'm already stressed out about Griezmann's inevitable apology saying "a lot of my best friends are black." pic.twitter.com/0UtS3Yb7Yv

— Miriti Murungi (@NutmegRadio) December 17, 2017

Soccer Twitter reacting to Antoine Griezmann's picture. pic.twitter.com/cPxtcdcCWD

— SiriusXM FC (@SiriusXMFC) December 17, 2017

oh my god where is his agent https://t.co/6X8mB2pcvu

— ? Kiannis ? (@kevinmccauley) December 17, 2017

The tweet has since been deleted and he posted this:

Je reconnais que c’est maladroit de ma part. Si j’ai blessé certaines personnes je m’en excuse.

— Antoine Griezmann (@AntoGriezmann) December 17, 2017

[image via Antoine Griezmann]

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