Odell Beckham Jr. has spoken out after police bodycam footage emerged of his dramatic November flight incident which saw him booted off a plane and arguing with passengers, describing his critics as âgerms.â
The footage, which was released this week by the Miami-Dade Police Dept., shows the Rams wide receiver calling out one first-class passenger as âfatâ and âuglyâ as they plead with him to get off the plane. Prior, he can be heard apologizing to passengers as he refuses to get off the plane, forcing the entire American Airlines Flight 1228 to deboard instead. After the passengers tell him to remove himself, he tells them: âFuck you.â
He then tells passengers: âGot life fucked up, Iâm sorry. All you had to do was wake me up.â
It all started after an issue with Beckhamâs seatbelt. Flight attendants are seen telling police, who boarded the plane, that the star was allegedly unresponsive when asked on numerous occasions to buckle up. They also claim he was not wearing pants, describing him as âbelligerent and non-compliant.â
Beckham was eventually escorted off the plane by police while the rest of the passengers waited to get back on board. The plane eventuallyâafter hours stuck on the tarmacâwas able to take off.
Beckham described the situation as âcomedy hourâ on Twitter at the time but on Thursday night, Beckham expressed frustration over the footage.
While he claimed he âWASNT there to be a rule breaker,â he then argued âThat Fknn seatbelt ainât saving a damn thingâŠ. Just fly the plane and land it.â He said it was a simple error where he fell asleep after âintentionally stayin up to sleep thru the entire flight.â
âCanât address everything in this world, itâs exhausting,â Odell begins.
âErrbody got an opinion on situations they werenât involved in. All u can do is kno who u truly are. Purell only kills 99.9% of germsâŠthereâs always gon be a lil left over.
âKrazy thing is since the SB [Super Bowl]. I been minding my own biz, staying out the way. Name ainât been in nothin , and even during this free agency frenzy it was never me who caused any of that I beeen QUIET chilllin. âTheyâ wrote the stories. Been enjoyin fatherhood and time wit the fam.â
Beckham announced in February last year that he and girlfriend Lauren Wood had welcomed a baby boy on Feb. 17, just four days after the Super Bowl.
Odell continued: âBut the one thing that no matter how much Iâve grown is still the hardest thing for me to do. Is let someone play wit my name. Period. For those tht kno me kno me, u kno exactly how I am. I really be koolin. ButâŠ..
âButâŠ..if u press that button and bring a certain energy. Do NOT be surprised when u get that same energy back.
âI kno who I am. Period. All the rest and opinions really donât matter to me. Have a blessed day and enjoy the (cheese emoji) board!â
Beckham then began replying to critics on Twitter who asked him why he just didnât remove himself from the plane.
âHow can u be told do somethin while ur dead asleepâŠâŠ.? Plz explain , can we bring in a doctor or physiologist?? Because if when I woke up they would have said âsir put on your seatbelt.â It woulda taken 5 seconds. But thatâs not what happened and u werenât there. Simple.
âSometimes I just canât let ppl walk over me. Less about being able to win because one thing I kno for sure is u canât beat a bunch of twitter warriors.
âLastly and ill take the heat for thisâŠ. That Fknn seatbelt ainât saving a damn thingâŠ. Just fly the plane and land it ⊠WASNT there to be a rule breaker I just simply feel asleep while waitin an hr for takeoff after intentionally stayin up to sleep thru the entire flight.â
Odell continued to claim that he was berated by passengers and that the bodycam footage doesn't show the entire story.
He said the man he called âuglyâ called him âEverything. But the n word. Stupid ignorant blasĂ© blasĂ© !!
âI canât lie I was so madâŠâŠ bro really said everything but the N word to me⊠he had to get it ⊠if him and the other white gentleman wouldnât of looked to me with such and entitling manner. I woulda removed myself from the plane. Thatâs the real reason everyone had to get off
âMy favorite least favorite thing about this worlds besides people who donât kno what theyâre talkin bout.. is we can cut up any video however we want to make it loook exactly how we want GOOD or BAD. Funny world we live in.
âWhy would I randomly go off on someone I donât kno or donât care for at all,â he said.
âLike I was just attacking people on the way out! If@that was the case absolutely I get it! That would be Asshole behavior but ur not finna [sic] say whatever u want to me freely.
âLike im sorryâŠ.. but sometimes u cross my principles or moral code and itâs upâŠ. Other wise I can usually always be the bigger man.â