by Jeroslyn JoVonn
January 12, 2026
Jesse Lee Peterson is beneath fireplace after telling a former NFL participant he speaks “like a white particular person.”
Controversial on-line persona Jesse Lee Peterson is going through renewed backlash after asking former NFL participant George Wrighster III why he “speaks like a white particular person.”
Wrighster appeared on the Jan. 10 episode of Peterson’s The Fallen State podcast to debate his transition from the NFL to media and the non-public development that adopted. The wide-ranging, hour-long dialog touched on sports activities, tradition, and id, whereas Peterson injected his trademark controversy all through.
There have been factors the place Peterson questioned Wrighster about seeing a therapist, criticized males who displayed vulnerability to ladies, and even took a swipe at Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett by calling her “Jasmine Crooked.”
A clip now circulating on-line highlights one of many interview’s most uncomfortable moments, with Peterson praising Wrighster for talking “like a white particular person.”
“You converse very nicely, and also you’re black. How did that occur?” Peterson asks within the clip shared on-line.
A visibly bowled over Wrighster expressed his confusion and requested Peterson what he meant by the query.
“You converse nicely. You converse like a white particular person. How did that occur?” Peterson requested. “How do I converse like a white particular person? All correct and proper, and you’ll perceive you. You employ the best phrases, and the way did that occur?”
Peterson doubled down, telling a visibly confused Wrighster that talking “like a white man” was a superb factor. Wrighster pushed again with sarcasm, explaining why he believes he speaks “like a Black man,” which Peterson rapidly shut down, saying “no.”
“Oh, I don’t converse like a black man? Black males are well-read. We go to school. We deal with our youngsters. We pay our taxes. We do our obligations. So I don’t know the way that’s white. I do know that’s what Black males do. That’s what I do know,” Wrighster saidd.
Peterson then took the trade a step additional, asking Wrighster, “What’s unsuitable with the Blacks?”
The trade sparked swift backlash on-line, with many criticizing Peterson for what they see as repeated jabs on the Black neighborhood throughout his interviews.
“Jesse Lee Peterson needs to be one of many extra profoundly absent-minded buffoons in all viral media,” one X consumer wrote. “Not solely is he himself fairly repetitively uninteresting in method, however he additionally sounds of low bar intelligence with a really effeminate lisp to go together with it.”
One other consumer provided their tackle the subject of Black individuals being advised they “discuss white.”
“Sadly, a variety of black individuals suppose ignorantly like that man,” the consumer wrote. “They name it code switching, however actually, it ought to be a traditional factor to talk correctly as black individuals, to not be advised you’re sounding white when talking correct English.”
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