Colts owner Jim Irsay is receiving some major blowback for comments he made in a recent HBO interview looking back on his 2014 DUI arrest.
Never one to keep his foot out his mouth, Irsay said of the charges:
I am prejudiced against because I’m a rich, white billionaire. If I’m just the average guy down the block, they’re not pulling me in, of course not. … I don’t care what it sounds like. It’s the truth. … I could give a damn what people think how anything sounds or sounds like. The truth is the truth, and I know the truth. … The arrest was wrong.
Here’s the HBO clip where Colts owner Jim Irsay claims Carmel police were prejudiced against him during a DUI arrest for being “a rich, white billionaire”: pic.twitter.com/o2UywtFfMk
— Nate Atkins (@NateAtkins_) November 22, 2023
Safe to say this one didn’t go over well for him.
“Nothing said in this clip surprises me,” Jemele Hill replied. “And a reminder: Jim Irsay pulled himself up by the bootstraps by inheriting his father’s $6 billion business and the Indianapolis Colts. … Nothing like a good rags to riches story.”
Nothing said in this clip surprises me. And a reminder: Jim Irsay pulled himself up by the bootstraps by inheriting his father’s $6 billion business and the Indianapolis Colts.
Nothing like a good rags to riches story. https://t.co/KgWlcWx87I
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) November 22, 2023
“And he passes for a ‘progressive’ among this billionaires boys n girls club,” said Jason La Canfora. “When [will] the NFL have a less-horrible record in diversity and inclusion, especially at the highest ranks? … Not until or unless there is real representation in ownership. Don’t hold your breath.”
And he passes for a “progressive” among this billionaires boys n girls club. When the NFL will have a less-horrible record in diversity and inclusion, especially at the highest ranks? … Not until or unless there is real representation in ownership. Don’t hold your breath. https://t.co/hNx6wt6o8A
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) November 22, 2023
“Bro these legacy billionaires really are out here trying to make themselves out to be the victims in this world – what in the actual F is going on,” a user tweeted.
Bro these legacy billionaires really are out here trying to make themselves out to be the victims in this world – what in the actual F is going on https://t.co/VMjGYFThhs
— Scout 510 (@510ProSports) November 22, 2023
“This creepy, cringeworthy freak ‘owns’ an NFL team that’s 75% black. Yet, he feels like he’s the victim of prejudice. Ain’t that some real bulls–t,” a fan commented.
This creepy, cringeworthy freak “owns” an NFL team that’s 75% black. Yet, he feels like he’s the victim of prejudice. Ain’t that some real bullshit. https://t.co/UTGzpdhe0B
— Kenny BooYah! 🖖🏾 (@KwikWarren) November 22, 2023
The Carmel Police Department said in a statement that it was “very sorry to hear” Irsay’s accusation of police prejudice against him.