The Jaccpot CEO is still mad about his release from the Philadelphia Eagles, and his new BET reality show allows him the platform to express his true feelings.
Hoping to reveal certain parts of his private life, Jackson said the Eagles “tried to blow me up” with a “smear campaign” after his released by the team in 2014.
“When I was released by the Eagles, I feel they tried to paint a picture that definitely wasn’t true. It was a slap in the face, coming off one of my best seasons in the NFL,” Jackson said on the show.
He then told his friends, “The Eagles tried to blow me up. That’s cold how they did it.”
To which one unnamed friend said, “Like they tried to persecute you from where you come from, bro.”
Jackson agreed.
“That’s why I think they fired me. Have I went to jail? … I ain’t done none of that.”
Jackson had me, and then he lost me with those quotes. Chip Kelly isn’t releasing dudes because they grew up in L.A., or went to Long Beach Poly.
That’s just not the case.
Jackson went on to say that he was the victim of a media driven “smear campaign” designed at who knows what.
“I was at the top of the top. And then I got released. … It was a smear campaign. Things media said about me, I bet you could say that about the majority of people in the NFL. I got a second chance to play in the NFL and I’m proving I’m one of the best receivers in the game.”
Jackson caught 56 passes for 1,169 yards and six touchdowns — while leading the league in explosive plays over 40 yards.