Josh Allen Called Stephen A. Smith At 2 A.M. To Apologize For His Racist Tweets

Last night, top NFL draft prospect Josh Allen joined the long list of young athletes who have seen their old, problematic tweets resurfaced. Yahoo compiled the since-deleted tweets, which were sent between 2012 and 2013, when Allen was still a teenager.

He used the n-word a bunch, in that way that dumb, white teens often use the n-word. “(uhh) stay schemin… Niggas Trying To Get At Me. doe,” he wrote in one tweet. Another read, “Bout to show up these Niggas at pong. Gonna do for @j_prodigy_5 @AFlyer5 and @J_Sal_Forever_5. :)” One tweet didn’t include the n-word, but was still pretty racist: “Why are you so white ? — If it ain’t white, it ain’t right!”

As one does in a situation like this, Allen went about doing some damage control by... calling up Stephen A. Smith. According to the First Take host, Allen called him last night—at 2:00 a.m.!—to explain and apologize for the tweets.

2018 is good, actually.