New York Giants tight end Darren Waller caused a bit of a stir with his new music video.
The song, entitled “Who Knew (Her Perspective),” and the video are focused on Waller’s recent divorce from WNBA star Kelsey Plum. The video ends with an actress playing Plum stabbing Waller in the back on a beach.
“As the song is an attempt to see things from the woman’s perspective, the video is an extension of that, ending with me being alone and wondering why they wounded me and left me there,” Waller told TMZ.
Divorce and mental health are serious matters, but Waller’s downright odd video has understandably sparked plenty of jokes on NFL Twitter.
“Fantasy football last place punishment: recreating the Darren Waller divorce music video shot for shot,” said Alex Katson of The Chargers Wire.
“Twitter: Nothing can be more cringe than the way Kelsey Plum eats popcorn. Darren Waller:,” said another commenter.
“What the [expletive] is Darren Waller doing?” asked YouTuber Big Game Bengal.
“You never want to be the main character on Twitter. Today, Darren Waller has failed that test,” added the DraftCheat account.
“Giants player Darren Waller dropped a music video about his divorce with Kelsey Plum. Some things are best kept to yourself,” chimed in the Women’s Hoops Network.
“Darren Waller dropping an Adele heartbreak track was not on my bingo card,” someone else added.
In addition to pursuing his music career, Waller, 31, is currently deliberating over whether or not he intends to keep playing football.
“I would say the same thing I said last month, let Darren take what he needs to take and once the decision is made, we’ll go from there,” Giants head coach Brian Daboll said last week. “[W]e have conversations, obviously, but when Darren makes his decision, that’s what we’ll go with.”