Former Ohio State star Nick Bosa had to have his social media scrubbed of any and all problematic material before Thursday’s NFL Draft. Now Bosa is under fire again for his problematic social media activity—this time for liking racist and homophobic Instagram posts, according to For the Win.
Twitter user @RzstProgramming has been following Bosa’s social media activity since March and documenting it all in threads—with receipts. There was actually so much problematic material that the Twitter account had to post a thread of several threads.
In the latest development, Bosa liked a friend’s photo on social media, who posted it with the hashtag N-word.
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1120349233406795777
It’s been discovered that Bosa liked another Instagram post with the same hashtag, along with another one: “rape and pillage.”
Bosa also followed two Instagram accounts with racist, homophobic, Islamophobic, and white nationalist posts.
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1121079857142616067
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1121379034699567106
Bosa recently started following right-wing personalities Candace Owens and Tomi Lahren.
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1116544689459486730
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1117005729007833088
Before the draft, Bosa said his agents went through and scrubbed his Twitter account of “anything that would cause controversy.”
On Twitter, Bosa was hating on Colin Kaepernick, Beyoncé, Marvel’s Black Panther, and promoting President Donald Trump before the scrub.
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1105600793112178688
@RzstProgramming made threads on the subjects of “Kaepernick,” “Beyoncé,” “identity/racial themes,” “MAGA” to expose Bosa’s behavior.
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1102691317187035137
In the Kaepernick thread, Bosa called Kaepernick a “clown,” and wrote, “Taking a knee on 9/11… shame.” He also liked and retweeted several derogatory comments about Kaepernick. Overall, Bosa had nine different Twitter activities that were deleted regarding Kaepernick.
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/996191299865899008
In the Beyoncé thread, Bosa wrote that “Beyoncé’s music is complete trash,” and that Lemonade was the “worst song (he) has ever heard,” even though Beyoncé doesn’t have a song called Lemonade.
He said in a video interview that he is not a fan of Beyoncé because he doesn’t like that “she has to make everything such a big, political statement.” He then said he was a “big fan” of Trump. Overall, Bosa had three different Twitter activities that were deleted regarding Beyoncé.
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1102652243935969282
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1102657336710254592
In the MAGA thread, Bosa had at least 31 Twitter activities that were deleted regarding Trump and other political beliefs.
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1102691317187035137
Bosa liked tweets that mention prominent Black men who were killed by the police, like Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Freddie Gray. He liked several tweets where his white friends said the N-word. He also interacted with several right-wing figures.
He retweeted a tweet that called Obama a “bitch.” He tweeted that “Dwayne Wade looks like a parrot fish” and “I really don’t want to see Michael Sam kiss his boyfriend.. ew.” He also liked several other homophobic Tweets.
He also liked a tweet saying Black Panther wasn’t a good movie and not to make the argument about whether or not it was a good movie a “race thing.” In total, there were 27 Twitter activities regarding race and identity that have been deleted.
@RzstProgramming was ultimately blocked by Bosa.
https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1101886405129785344
The behavior also seems to run in the family because the Twitter account also made threads exposing the rest of the Bosa family, including his father, brother, and even his mom.
The tweets clearly did not affect Bosa’s draft stock. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers with the second overall pick.
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H/T For The Win
