{"id":732456,"date":"2026-02-06T02:29:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T02:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/732456\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T02:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T02:29:05","slug":"panthers-tetairoa-mcmillan-apologizes-after-saying-n-word-on-twitch-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/732456\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers&#8217; Tetairoa McMillan Apologizes After Saying N-Word On Twitch Stream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260205_e22b9fbea9f744ad924b475c3acc3cd8\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6d43346e-95fa-4347-87ea-20f515d2993c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/e22b9fbea9f744ad924b475c3acc3cd8_md.png\" alt=\"tetairoa mcmillan sub getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carolina Panthers wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan is spending his Thursday apologizing to fans after he used the n-word during a livestream &#8230; saying &#8220;there&#8217;s no excuse for what I said.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McMillan issued the remorseful message on Instagram &#8230; saying, &#8220;I sincerely apologize for speaking thoughtlessly and will do better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260205_7eaf475895c04f3fa02ba8b7e8cca0ba\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6d43346e-95fa-4347-87ea-20f515d2993c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7eaf475895c04f3fa02ba8b7e8cca0ba_md.png\" alt=\"tetairoa mcmillan insta sub\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first-year player was playing Madden in &#8220;The Streamer Bowl,&#8221; a charity esports tournament that has Twitch streamers and NFL stars on teams as they take on challenges.<\/p>\n<p>T-Mac was streaming with YonnaJay and Tamir when the moment occurred. After intercepting a pass, he shouted <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChipGotIt_\/status\/2019222940923892003?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the slur<\/a> in excitement.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The other two streamers appeared shocked after he walked off, with YonnaJay whispering something to Tamir.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260205_2b4c0f6e4d914716974cffc97895b107\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6d43346e-95fa-4347-87ea-20f515d2993c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2b4c0f6e4d914716974cffc97895b107_md.png\" alt=\"tetairoa mcmillan sub getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The clip spread like wildfire on social media not long after it happened, with some posts garnering millions of views.<\/p>\n<p>Whether McMillan will address it further when he attends NFL Honors tonight remains to be seen, as he is up for the NFL&#8217;s Offensive Rookie of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p>It was a strong season for University of Arizona product &#8230; racking up 75 catches for 1,095 yards and seven touchdowns in his first year in the league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carolina Panthers wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan is spending his Thursday apologizing to fans after he used the n-word&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[235,260,2567,7,88,6,236,9,266,4429],"class_list":{"0":"post-732456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-panthers","8":"tag-carolina","9":"tag-carolina-panthers","10":"tag-carolinapanthers","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-panthers","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-sports-news","17":"tag-tmz-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116021335724506596","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}