Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stevie Johnson had no idea that Boston would be bombed at the marathon when earlier in the month he jokingly tweeted that North Korea should bomb Foxborough where the Patriots play, which is why he apologized for it on Wednesday and said it was a joke.
According to ESPN.com, Johnson spoke about the tweet and said that it was "ironic" the way it happened after he wrote his tweet, which said that he hoped North Korea would bomb the town where the New England Patriots play, as they are in the same division as the Bills. Johnson said he felt like everyone else after the bombing attack, but defended his tweet as a joke, saying that it was meant in jest and that there was no way to know that the city would be bombed later on.
The attack left three people dead and hundreds injured, while police are looking for suspects while the media continues to speculate on the crime and has resorted to making up information instead of actual reporting, as they would rather be first to make the story than be right. Johnson said that the tweet meant no disrespect to anyone and he wrote to his followers later that he did not mean any harm from it.
"It's ironic, nothing to be played with at all," Johnson told the newspaper. "I mean, that's pretty much it. There's really nothing to be played with, at the end of the day, with seeing what happened. I feel like how everybody else in America feels. No Twitter, no games, no jokes, none of that. But at the end of the day, I feel just how everybody else felt when they see those bombs go off."
Johnson tweeted earlier in the month: "War is nothing to be played with. I apologize North Korea........but if y'all do bomb 1st... Bomb Foxboro, Mass. Sincerely,#BillsMafia."
