Anti-Brown chant breaks out where Steelers' JuJu Smith-Schuster attends prom
Even JuJu Smith-Schuster’s seemingly innocuous visits to a local high school prom turn into controversy these days.
Smith-Schuster, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 22-year-old star receiver, attended the Chartiers Valley High School prom last weekend. But a video surfaced on Instagram, presumably from a prom-goer, of Smith-Schuster dancing among a large crowd while many chanted a derogatory phrase repeatedly toward former Steelers receiver Antonio Brown.
Prom w/ my bro @amoli_13! Got a DM from him a while back about needing someone to go with, decided why not, had a litty night at his school! YouTube vid coming soon! pic.twitter.com/lL8pUzXZJf
— JuJu Smith-Schuster (@TeamJuJu) June 3, 2019
The chant is not family friendly: “(Bleep) A.B.” (TMZ aggregated the video, and a link to it is contained within this link).
Smith-Schuster cannot be seen actually participating in the chant. He also, though, doesn’t seem eager to halt it.
Smith-Schuster, of course, this season is taking over Brown’s role as the Steelers’ No. 1 receiver after Brown demanded a trade and was ultimately dealt to the Oakland Raiders.
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Chris Adamski is a TribLive reporter who has covered primarily the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2014 following two seasons on the Penn State football beat. A Western Pennsylvania native, he joined the Trib in 2012 after spending a decade covering Pittsburgh sports for other outlets. He can be reached at cadamski@triblive.com.
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