NBC Facing Social Media Heat For 'Censoring' C.J. Stroud After Win vs. Browns
The Houston Texans beat the Cleveland Browns in a resounding 45-14 win at NRG Stadium last weekend in the Wild Card Round, giving the franchise its first playoff win since the Deshaun Watson era.
What made that win even more unique, is that the Texans were led by a rookie head coach in DeMeco Ryans and a rookie quarterback in C.J. Stroud.
So as one can imagine, following such a resounding win, Stroud's emotions were running high. And as a result, he gave a passionate postgame interview with NBC's Sunday Night Football.
Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud (7) jogs off the field after a 2024 AFC wild card game against the Cleveland Browns at NRG Stadium.
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“First of all, I just want to give all glory and praise to my lord and savior, Jesus Christ,” Stroud said. “I mean, it’s been amazing being in this city for as short as I’ve been but the love that I’ve got. I’ve really just been doing it for Houston, man. The people back home, I’m blessed enough to be in the position that I’m in and blessed enough to be playing at a high level right now. We gotta just keep it going, but I’m super blessed.”
Pretty standard interview right? Well, maybe not for NBC.
Upon sharing the interview on social media, NBC oddly elected to cut Stroud's comments short, removing his religious comments at the beginning.
Following the post of the video, multiple fans on social media then began to blast NBC in the comments of the tweet, claiming they censored the rookie QB.
"He's got a lot of love for Jesus Christ too, but you edited that out for some reason. Why?" One user replied.
"They censored this man's words. NBC sucks," another user said. "What NBC censored. 'Give all glory and praise to my Lord Jesus Christ. I mean it’s been amazing being in the city for as short as I’ve been with the love of God.'"
In total, the post of the video received over 670 comments, the majority of which were aimed at the criticism of the video and their removal of Stroud's religious comments.
It is unclear why NBC chose to edit out that portion of Stroud's response after the game. But either way, fans do not seem to be happy about it.
