Wide receiverDK Metcalfwill miss thePittsburgh Steelers' final two games of the regular seasonfollowing an altercationwith aDetroit Lionsfan in Week 16. He appeared to grab the shirt of a fan wearing a blue wig in the front row of the stands at Ford Field and shoved him.
Metcalf argued that the fan, later identified as Ryan Kennedy, made racial and misogynistic slurs to him.
Now, Kennedy is calling for Metcalf to come forward and say those accusations are false.
"I guess want to be crystal clear about one thing: I didn't use any racial slurs, no hate speech, none of that stuff at the game," Kennedy said during a Dec. 26 news conference. "Actually, never. Fifteen years as a season ticket holder for the Lions, I've never done that at all."
Courtesy of Fox 2 Detroit, Lions fan Ryan Kennedy's full statement given before questions at his press conference on Friday morning.Worth noting, he refers to#SteelersWR DK Metcalf by his full first name, which Kennedy said was what bothered Metcalf before their incident on…pic.twitter.com/mA3mHGd94m
— Brendan Howe (@bybrendanhowe)December 26, 2025
