Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown clapped back at his critics on social media who have been spreading news about him, pointing to his alleged bankruptcy.
In a post on X, Antonio Brown clapped back at haters criticizing him for allegedly becoming bankrupt now, despite having a financially lucrative NFL career. Instead of saying that he is not, Brown simply showed his critics proof that they are wrong.
Brown’s post showed a screenshot of his bank account information and his account balance, where it showed he has $24 million to his name.
“Bankrupt over get off my *eggplant emoji*,” Brown captioned the screenshot.
bankrupt over get off my 🍆 https://t.co/POw1GsfG5x pic.twitter.com/ELB59GuVCQ
— AB (@AB84) June 26, 2025
Throughout his NFL career, Antonio Brown built a financial portfolio of nearly $80 million in contracts alone. Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2010, brown started with a modest annual salary of $320,000 as a rookie.
As he gathered tenure and experience, he earned multiple Pro Bowl appearances and league-leading stats. By 2012, he signed a five-year, $42.5 million extension. This brought his annual average to about $8.4 million through 2016.
Brown reached peak salary numbers when he signed a four-year, $68 million extension with the Steelers, making him the highest-paid wide receiver in NFL history at the time. That deal bumped uphis annual salary to $17 million.
Antonio Brown at The Center of Alleged Shooting Incident Linked to Super Bowl Palestine Protester
Former NFL star Antonio Brown is once again facing legal trouble after being implicated in a shooting incident back in May involving performer Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, a man who protested during the Super Bowl LIX halftime show with Kendrick Lamar as the main performer.
Nantambu, who waved a Palestinian flag during the performance, was later identified as the person Brown allegedly shot at during a boxing event in Miami back in May. Upon his arrest, Nantambu told investigators that a bullet grazed his neck and identified brown as the perpetrator. An arrest warrant was later issued against brown for attempted murder.
Police officers confirmed that Nantambu was authorized to be a the Super Bowl halftime show as he was hired as a backup dancer, but he was not authorized to perform a pro-Palestinian protest.
Following that, footage surfaced showing Brown in an altercation, moments before the time of the alleged shooting. A gunshot was then heard, and people were seen fleeing the scene.
So far, Antonio Brown has denied any allegations and said that nantambu is a “fraud’ He stated that he acted on self-defense, and that Nantambu tried to rob him at the event.
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