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Stefon Diggs slams ESPN's Bart Scott for joking about brother's injury

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated 9/22/23

Stefon Diggs was not at all pleased about Bart Scott poking fun at his younger brother Trevon's misfortune.

The ESPN host Scott received backlash on Friday for a joke in poor taste about Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs, who just suffered a season-ending ACL tear in practice. Scott smirked about “something bad always happen[ing]” to the Cowboys and immediately got called out by his “First Take” co-hosts for doing so.

Bart Scott joking about Trevon Diggs’ injury is insane work. Most these guys on the big networks are so bad, it’s unreal. pic.twitter.com/F8raYqVC5y
— Ernie (@es3_09) September 22, 2023

The older Diggs brother also chimed in about Scott’s lousy joke in a post to X and did not hold back.

“Bart scott. Like what did you gain from that ?” Stefon wrote. “Other than looking like a [clown emoji].”

Bart scott. Like what did you gain from that ? Other than looking like a

— DIGGS (@stefondiggs) September 22, 2023

He also posted another tweet in the same window that read, “Ol fake try to be funny a**."

A retweet from Diggs of a post by Cowboys safety Jayson Kearse reading, “Keep these cornballs from off the tv,” later followed as well.

Keep these cornballs from off the tv

— JK (@Jayronkearse8) September 22, 2023

Joking about serious injuries and other types of misfortune is generally off-limits, especially for those who have national media platforms. Scott clearly did not get the memo and came away from that segment looking pretty buffoonish.

The two-time All-Pro Bills receiver is famously close with his brother, so he definitely wasn’t about to let Scott’s low blow slide.

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

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