“Well you’re right, there is no explanation for that, I totally should have walked away”, he said. Strahan then inquired as to whether Johnson had any drinks at the bar that night.
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Johnson appeared on the show alongside his mother, Pamela Jones, who said that she was stunned to learn of what happened, that she didn’t raise her children that way.
Griffin said Johnson is not allowed to play for any other ACC team, but is allowed to join another team in a different division, which is a tough dose of reality for Johnson.
Ex-Florida State QB De’Andre Johnson got national attention for all of the wrong reasons. I know I wasn’t raised that way. “I’m sorry. If I could do it over again, I would”. “What matters is I shouldn’t have raised my hand to her. I should have walked away”.
Johnson, the state’s Mr. Football last December after a record-setting career with the Buccaneers, was charged with misdemeanor battery after he punched the FSU student in the face at a Tallahassee bar on June 24. Johnson said Tuesday on Good Morning America that he does not second-guess the program’s decision to dismiss him, but he does feel he deserves a second chance. “I wanted to jump through the phone and ring his neck”, she added. “No words can describe this feeling”. The football player’s lawyer claims he was provoked by “racial slurs” but Johnson admitted fault in the televised interview this morning nonetheless. Johnson’s attorney said that his client is forbidden by the court from reaching out to the woman he struck, but he did have a message. Baez said Johnson tried to “de-escalate the situation”, but the woman “kneed him in the groin area” and “took another swing before he retaliated”.
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Strahan concluded the piece, in studio, by stating: “I will say this: I expected him to say ‘well she said this and this.’ He did not make any excuses; he said I was wrong, and he owned up to his mistakes”.
