“My Name Out Of Your Mouth” – Hours After Being Branded ‘Fat Stripper’, Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa Slams Ryan Clark
Ryan Clark, an ESPN commentator, should kindly annoy Tua Tagovailoa.
And I would comply if I were Clark. If you hadn’t noticed, the starting quarterback for the Miami Dolphins is currently JACKED.
“I think we all worked hard throughout the offseason,” When questioned about Clark’s recent remarks regarding his weight, Tagovailoa said on Wednesday. “And I’m not someone to talk about myself the entire time, but it takes a lot. You think I wanted to build all this muscle? To some extent, I wanted to be a little lighter.
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“There’s a mixture of things that people don’t understand that people don’t know about that are talked about that go behind the scenes. I’d appreciate it if you kept my name out of your mouth, that’s what I’d say.”
Tua Tagovailoa is now built for battle and is prepared to fight.
YES! Tua, burn it down. I want you to call people names like the insane Billy Madison character.
For those who missed it, earlier this week, Clark, an ex-NFL player who is now a talking head at ESPN, had the guys on NFL Live laughing when he effectively referred to Tua Tagovailoa as a fat stripper.
This level of hate from Ryan Clark is unbelievable…
Tua does nothing but keep his head down and work his tail off the ENTIRE off season to get his body right.
How dare @espn for the constant hate y’all don’t even hide it anymore pic.twitter.com/w5I6OwZJH4
— JoeRobbie (@JoeRobbie_) August 22, 2023
The Actual Story:
“I’m gonna tell you what he wasn’t doing, he wasn’t in the gym. I’ll bet you that,” Clark said. “He might have spent a lot of time in the tattoo parlor. He was not at the dinner table eating what the nutritionist had advised. He looks happy. He is thick. He’s built like a girl working at Onyx [Gentleman’s Club] in Atlanta right on the bottom.”
Fine, Ryan. And what are you laughing at, Marcus Spears? Seriously? Dan Orlovsky will get a break because he is a supporter of Tua, but everyone else may listen to Tua and get angry straight away.
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For years, all I’ve heard is, “Tua’s too small. Too injury-prone. Can’t play in the league. Can’t hold up. Can’t take a hit.”
Therefore, it makes sense that throughout the offseason, Tagovailoa packed on some muscle since he couldn’t stop having concussions and people wouldn’t stop talking about it. Quite comprehensible. He also studied jiu-jitsu to improve his ability to tumble, so if you’re one of the losers laughing, I’d caution you.
Anyhow, the world instantly took notice when he returned to Dolphins camp THICK. Ryan Clark then referred to him as overweight.
Tua Tagovailoa with some strong words for Ryan Clark pic.twitter.com/ihGd3dXZC2
— Adam Beasley (@AdamHBeasley) August 23, 2023
All current? Good. To learn more, Tua:
“He probably knows more about me than I know about myself,” Tagovailoa continued Wednesday. “I don’t know. Ryan’s been out of the league for some time. I don’t know. It’s a little weird when other people are talking about other people when they’re not that person. Just a little weird.
“My background is that I come from a Samoan family. Respect is everything. But, it does get to a point where ‘Hey, little easy on that, buddy,’ because I think we’re pretty tough-minded people. And if we need to get scrappy, we can get scrappy too. Just saying.”