{"id":764059,"date":"2026-02-20T07:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/764059\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T07:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:33:21","slug":"druski-remorseful-for-controversial-jaxson-smith-njigba-nfl-honors-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/764059\/","title":{"rendered":"Druski remorseful for controversial Jaxson Smith-Njigba NFL Honors joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It appears there\u2019s at least one joke Druski might not mind having back.<\/p>\n<p>The comedian appeared on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zoQcSg4OrtE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CBS Mornings<\/a>\u201d on Thursday and showed remorse for the controversial Jaxson Smith-Njigba quip he spouted while on-stage at NFL Honors in San Francisco earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like to mess around,\u201d the 31-year-old said. \u201cAnd sometimes you can go too far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While announcing Smith-Njigba as the winner of the 2025 Offensive Player of the Year trophy at the annual NFL awards show, Druski purposely mispronounced the Seahawks receiver\u2019s name over and over again.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.90689013;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38544005\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/druski-mispronounces-jaxson-smith-njigba-121750987.jpg\" alt=\"Druski on stage mispronouncing Jaxson Smith-Njigba's name at the NFL Honors.\" class=\"wp-image-38544005\"  \/>Druski, while on stage with Barry Sanders, intentionally mispronounced Jaxson Smith-Njigba\u2019s name at NFL Honors earlier this month. X\/@NFL_DovKleiman<\/p>\n<p>In total, he said the Seattle star\u2019s last name incorrectly four times \u2014 before he settled on just calling him \u201cJSN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While talking with Gayle King and Nate Burleson, he said he messaged Smith-Njigba after the event, in what seemed to be an attempt to apologize.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/druski?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@druski<\/a> reached out to Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, after using a racial slur while mispronouncing the name of the Offensive Player of the Year at the NFL Honors for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>Druski told CBS Mornings about how sometimes, comedy can miss the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4lwYIwM7o3\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/4lwYIwM7o3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSMornings\/status\/2024568453890232648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI reached out. I reached out,\u201d he said. \u201cYou know, congratulations to him, the team on the Super Bowl. I think that was an amazing thing. And, yeah, I didn\u2019t get no response back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I did reach out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Druski, though, made it clear he wasn\u2019t going to the let the controversial bit affect his comedy going forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we talk about walking the line of comedy, sometimes you do have to take that chance,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it is not all going to be a successful hit. Nothing you do in anything when you\u2019re trying to pursue greatness is going to be success, success, success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He later added, \u201cI think if most people pronounce that name, I think they will kind of fumble up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It appears there\u2019s at least one joke Druski might not mind having back. 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