Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson gave a shout-out to recent comments made by Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce towards Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval.
After the Chiefs won the American Football Conference (AFC) Championship game by defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 on Sunday, Kelce called Pureval a “jabroni” in response to the mayor’s earlier dig at Chiefs’ star quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
GIVE @TKELCE THE MIC.
(via @NFLonCBS) pic.twitter.com/K1fSPyaEkW
— NFL (@NFL) January 30, 2023
“I’ve got some wise words for that Cincinnati mayor: Know your role and shut your mouth, you jabroni!” yelled the Chiefs tight end during a post-game interview.
“Jabroni,” a slang word for “foolish person,” was a catchphrase used by Johnson throughout his professional wrestling career.
My boy said what he said.
I appreciate the venomous “shut yo” over formal “shut your” 🤣👊🏾🏆@tkelce https://t.co/U2Ef4xoVWK— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) January 31, 2023
“My boy said what he said,” Johnson tweeted. “I appreciate the venomous ‘shut yo’ over formal ‘shut your.’”
Kelce’s fiery response came after Pureval took a dig at Mahomes before the match.
The mayor posted a video on Twitter in which he joked that Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow “has been asked by officials to take a paternity test confirming whether or not he’s [Mahomes’] father” due to Burrow’s 3-0 record against him.
This includes the Bengals’ AFC championship victory last year at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, which the Bengals and the Pureval referred to as “Burrowhead.”
A WHO DEY proclamation from the Mayor: @Bengals pic.twitter.com/W1tCqupdTw
— Aftab Pureval (@AftabPureval) January 27, 2023
Pureval’s comments insulting the Bengals did not sit well with many on Twitter.
“Are you seriously trying to jinx your team by motivating the heck out of Kansas City to want to beat you!?” wrote weather anchor James…
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