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BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 09/25/17 06:14 PM EDT
The only Pittsburgh Steelers player who came out of the locker room for the national anthem during the teams game Sunday said he unintentionally made his teammates look bad.
Alejandro Villanueva said he made my teammates look bad, and that is my fault only, according to a local Pittsburgh CBS affiliate.
Villanueva's appearance at the anthem went viral Sunday after the rest of the team stayed in the locker room, in what was later said to be an attempt to avoid the controversy fueled by President Trump's remarks at a rally Friday over players who kneel during the anthem as a form of protest over racial injustice.
Villanueva said that he had asked Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger if he could stand with the captains in front of the team during the anthem, and that he turned back to look at this teammates as the anthem started.
Every single time I see that picture of me standing by myself I feel embarrassed, Villanueva said.
He added that he is fine with players that sit or kneel during the national anthem but that he has nothing to comment about what the president says.
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rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,232 posts)ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)I was sure his teammates understood. I sure did.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)Only they can do that.
KentuckyWoman
(6,666 posts)I don't understand why he'd step up then lie about it for one. For second, what with the ego?
tenderfoot
(8,424 posts)He did.
BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)Anyone who bothered to delve into it all knows his background and knows he made it clear to his teammates he didn't have a problem at all with what they were doing. T
Thrill
(19,178 posts)Him to not go out there that one time.