A Kansas Metropolis Chiefs fan’s mother is coming to his protection … claiming that the entire haters who’re saying his gameday outfit was offensive have to kick rocks.
Holden Armenta triggered an enormous stir on-line on Sunday when TV cameras on the Chiefs vs. Raiders recreation in Las Vegas confirmed him donning a headdress with a painted face.
Some, together with Deadspin, thought the boy was sporting blackface … and urged the NFL to talk out on the matter — calling his feathered apparel inappropriate as nicely.
How can I’m going to the sport and offend as many individuals as potential?
Chiefs fan- Say no extra I bought you pic.twitter.com/QSesDZMCCy
— Brian Murray (@bmurray1215) November 26, 2023
@bmurray1215
Armenta’s mom, nevertheless, mentioned on her Fb web page this week there was merely no want for the outrage … explaining the boy’s face paint truly consisted of each black and purple colours — to be able to match his favourite group’s hues.
As for the headdress, she mentioned Holden is Native American.
“People are ridiculous,” Shannon Armenta wrote in a single put up.
She additionally shared just a few different snaps of Holden from the sport … and mentioned, “Everyone asked to take a photo with him.”
“The players even loved it!”
Holden’s dad added on his Fb web page that his son is solely “The biggest Fan” of the Chiefs.
Kansas Metropolis’s NFL franchise, in the meantime, has not addressed the matter … although Elon Musk did offer his two cents on the scenario on X — boasting that his platform’s neighborhood notes had uncovered the preliminary backlash to the boy’s costume as “deception.”
