Bryant hits back after negative comments flood Instagram post
Warning: Story contains coarse language
Dez Bryant is apparently sick of the trolls.
The Cowboys receiver - whose future is uncertain after he said in January that he wouldn't take a pay cut to stay in Dallas - posted a seemingly innocuous photo of himself on Instagram. The post's caption simply read, "X" - a reference to Bryant's signature celebration.
However, despite no obvious trigger, the comments were critical enough to draw a curse-laden, since-deleted response from Bryant on Twitter.
"WTF are wrong with you people? I posted a f---ing picture ... s--- starting to piss me off now ... it's me in a Dallas Cowboys uniform ... where I belong ... get a life please lol," Bryant tweeted.
Dez Bryant posted this picture on Instagram.
- Mike Leslie (@MikeLeslieWFAA) March 6, 2018
Some interpreted the image in a particular way, apparently...
...and now @DezBryant has made it clear - it doesn't mean anything. pic.twitter.com/o5k4qtu6sg
"You used to be the man I believed in you bought your jersey now I'm embarrassed to put your jersey on it's sad but hopefully you take a a pay cut and help the team," one commenter wrote.
"Throw up the x cuz you about to get cut," wrote another.
While a lot of remarks were negative, many Cowboys fans posted their support for the star pass-catcher.
Advised to stop reading comments (always a good piece of advice), Bryant said he was being bothered through text, too.
I'm getting texted messages I don't give a damn for the most part https://t.co/fTVAS0HTXC
- Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) March 6, 2018
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