Dez Bryant’s Troubled Family History Resurfaced After His Anti-Pro-Choice Remarks

Dez Bryant faces backlash online after sounding off on X in response to a pro-choice tweet.

The NFL alum came under fire on Wednesday after he responded to one woman who encouraged other women “to close off your wombs to males” following the election results where Vice President Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump.

“This election proves now more than ever that they hate us and hate us proudly. Do not reward them,” the X user quipped.

However, Bryant fired back, telling the female community that they needed to take more “accountability” on the matter.

“If some of you women protected your womb from the jump, you wouldn’t need to say stupid sh*t like this,” he wrote.

In a series of other tweets, Bryant claimed that he wasn’t attacking women or policing their bodies. He was only responding to the one woman’s generalized statement.

However, many critics began to bring up his past and family history, which includes being conceived by his mom at 15 and dad, who was 40, and dating his grandmother at the time.

“Your grandmother’s 40-year-old boyfriend committed statutory rape and impregnated your mother when she was 14 years old,” one user tweeted in a response captured by The Neighborhood Talk. “Your mother had 3 of his kids by the time she was 18 and had to resort to selling drugs to take care of you and your siblings. If anybody should be pro-choice, it’s you.”

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Bryant responded to one critic who referred to his late father, MacArthur Hatton, as a “pedophile,” and shared the forgiveness he had given his father despite their scarred relationship.

“May God rest my [dad’s] soul, and I forgave him just like I forgave my Mama. I’m a living testimony…I don’t run or hide…I can stand tall and talk about my upbringings because it made me who I am today…” he wrote.

He also responded to another user who cited his 2012 arrest for assaulting his mother, Angela Bryant, at her home following an argument where she asked him to leave. A police report said Bryant allegedly grabbed his mother by her T-shirt and hair and “hit her across the face with his ball cap.”

She also told the 911 operator that it wasn’t the first time her son had assaulted her.

However, while referencing the incident on X on Wednesday, Bryant remained unbothered.

“I really don’t get bothered whenever I hear this because I’m comfortable with the truth…” he wrote. “You claim I don’t support women. You said I hit Mama…You don’t even know me to make these kind of assumptions. I wonder who told you that. The media told you that..”

On Thursday, Bryant hinted at plans to launch a podcast, where he looks forward to debating others and sharing his perspectives on everyday life. Bryant, a Texas native, played as an NFL wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens, New Orleans Saints, and Dallas Cowboys. In college, he played for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and earned All-American honors as a sophomore in 2008. However, he missed most of his junior season due to an NCAA bylaw violation.

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