Patriots star appears to show support for ex-Bulls player after rant against NBA's Pride Month celebration

New England Patriots moving backmost TreVeyon Henderson appeared to travel retired successful enactment of erstwhile Chicago Bulls defender Jaden Ivey, who was released pursuing his rant against NBA’s Pride Month.

Ivey posted his rant connected societal media connected Monday. He said it was "unrighteousness" that the league would observe Pride Month. Henderson responded to quality of his merchandise with a Bible passage.

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New England Patriots moving backmost TreVeyon Henderson (32) earlier Super Bowl LX against the Seattle Seahawks astatine Levi's Stadium connected Feb. 8, 2026. (Darren Yamashita/Imagn Images)

"’Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven,’ Matthew 5:10," the second-year NFL subordinate wrote connected X.

Ivey has been posting akin videos with rants successful caller weeks, arsenic the 24-year-old has noted successful the past helium deals with depression.

"The satellite tin proclaim LGBTQ, right?" Ivey said in his latest video. "They proclaim Pride Month and the NBA. They proclaim it. They amusement it to the world. They say, ‘Come articulation america for Pride Month to observe unrighteousness.’ They proclaim it. They proclaim it connected the billboards. They proclaim successful the streets. Unrighteousness. So, however is it that 1 can’t talk righteousness? Who are they to accidental that this antheral is crazy?"

Ivey said successful a abstracted video that Catholicism was a mendacious religion.

Chicago Bulls defender Jaden Ivey (31) passes against the Toronto Raptors successful the 2nd fractional astatine Scotiabank Arena connected Feb. 5, 2026.  (Dan Hamilton/Imagn Images)

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Bulls caput manager Billy Donovan said the enactment has employees from "all antithetic walks of life" and Ivey’s comments didn’t bespeak the values of the franchise.

"Everybody comes with their ain idiosyncratic experiences, but 1 is we’ve got to each beryllium professional," Donovan said anterior to Chicago's crippled astatine San Antonio. "I deliberation there’s got to beryllium a precocious level of respect for 1 another, and we’ve got to assistance each different and past beryllium accountable to those standards."

Ivey has spoken retired this play astir dealing with depression. He precocious started posting lengthy videos astir his thoughts connected religion connected societal media.

Jaden Ivey of the Chicago Bulls reacts during the crippled against the Brooklyn Nets astatine Barclays Center connected Feb. 9, 2026 successful New York City. (Evan Bernstein/Getty Images)

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"I don't privation to get into what helium enactment retired there, but certainly, I anticipation for him he's okay," Donovan said. "I've had conversations with Jaden and he's ever been astir rehabbing his genu and trying to get connected the tribunal and wanting to play. But I deliberation organizationally, determination are definite standards we privation to person arsenic an enactment and effort to unrecorded up to those each and each day."

Fox News’ Scott Thompson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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