Jalen Hurts mum on plans to visit White House for Eagles' Super Bowl celebration

The Philadelphia Eagles accepted President Donald Trump’s invitation past period to sojourn the White House successful grant of their triumph implicit the Kansas City Chiefs successful Super Bowl LIX, but prima backmost Jalen Hurts whitethorn beryllium questionable for the large day. 

Appearing connected the reddish carpet for the 2025 TIME100 gala successful New York City connected Thursday night, Hurts was asked whether helium planned connected visiting the White House for adjacent week’s authoritative sojourn connected April 28. 

Honoree Jalen Hurts attends the Time100 Gala, celebrating the 100 astir influential radical successful the world, astatine Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz astatine Lincoln Center connected Thursday, April 24, 2025, successful New York.  (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

"Um," Hurts said earlier looking around. He ne'er answered the question arsenic the interviewer thanked him for his time. 

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A White House authoritative confirmed to Fox News Digital successful aboriginal March that an invitation from the president had been sent and that the squad had "enthusiastically accepted." This followed the Eagles determination not to be the White House successful 2018 aft winning the franchise’s first-ever Super Bowl. 

During that time, Trump rescinded the invitation to big the Eagles aft respective players said they would not enactment successful the sojourn due to the fact that of his erstwhile criticisms of nationalist anthem protests. 

But earlier this month, Eagles squad proprietor Jeffrey Lurie called it "a time-honored tradition" that the squad was looking guardant to. 

President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremonial honoring the members of the 2024 World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers successful the East Room astatine the White House. (Leah Millis/Reuters via Imagn Images)

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"When you turn up, and you perceive about, ‘Oh, the title squad got to spell to the White House,’ that’s what this is. And, so, we didn’t person that opportunity, and present we do. I deliberation we’re each looking guardant to it."

Head manager Nick Sirianni besides appeared animated astir the sojourn erstwhile helium spoke astir it this month. 

"I'm truly excited to go, yeah. What an honor. What an grant to beryllium capable to spell to the White House. Teams that person been capable to triumph championships person been doing that for a agelong time, and I'm truly honored to spell and truly excited to go."

Philadelphia Eagles manager Nick Sirianni, left, and backmost Jalen Hurts observe aft the Eagles won the NFC Championship NFL shot crippled against the Washington Commanders, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, successful Philadelphia.  (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Trump, who has made respective appearances astatine sporting events, some arsenic president and connected the run trail, was successful New Orleans for the Super Bowl. 

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