Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel went on an expletive-laced, homophobic rant against longtime Cleveland sports radio host Tom Rizzo.
This week, Rizzo, 64, resurfaced an appearance Manziel, 33, made on Shannon Sharpe and Chad Johnson’s “Nightcap” Podcast last yr, through which the previous Cleveland Browns quarterback said he actively roots against the franchise yearly.
“Rizz, you silly c**t,” Manziel wrote in a since-deleted post via X on Wednesday, July 1. “These comments were made in October of last yr, but, in fact, you bored homos within the Cleveland media don’t have anything to talk about because your quarterback stopped banging massage therapists and you may only talk about losing a lot to all the those that hearken to this trash ass show.”
Manziel referred to Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, who was accused of sexual assault by multiple massage therapists in 2021. A grand jury declined to press charges against Watson, 30, in March 2022, though he was still served with an 11-game suspension by the NFL.
As of February of this yr, all the 27 civil lawsuits against Watson had been dismissed.
“My tenure in Cleveland was doomed by quite a bit more people than simply me,” Manziel continued his post. “I’ve taken loads of responsibility for my failures in that constructing and in that city.”
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – SEPTEMBER 16: Johnny Manziel looks on in the course of the first half of a game between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks at Kyle Field on September 16, 2023 in College Station, Texas. Carmen Mandato/Getty Images
Manziel was chosen by the Browns with the twenty second overall pick within the 2014 NFL Draft. His profession was ultimately doomed, starting just eight games over two seasons before leaving the NFL entirely.
“Tom Brady couldn’t have won with our roster from 2015,” Manziel added. “Just move on, f*** off and leave me out of this bulls***.”
Rizzo called out Manziel’s Browns’ slander on ESPN Radio’s The Tony Rizzo Show on Monday, June 29.
Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel finally explained why he was abruptly absent from a scheduled appearance on ESPN’s College Gameday last month. The night before he was purported to be Gameday’s celebrity picker ahead of his alma mater Texas A&M’s College Football Playoff game against Miami on December 20, Manziel, 33, attended the boxing match […]
“What did anyone do [to] you except root so that you can win?,” he asked. “And when it went south, OK that’s the way it goes.”
Rizzo added, “Did someone hurt him? Is he a jilted lover? Was there an incident where someone attacked him? Why the hate? Why the hate for the team that drafted you?”
Cohost Chris Oldach argued that Manziel might feel just like the Browns “didn’t put him in an excellent position to win or construct the team around him.”
“But additionally, he’s the guy who didn’t put in any work while he was here,” Oldach claimed. “He was the guy that may leave after a Monday practice to go party.”