Panthers DeAngelo Williams was pissed that no one attended his mother’s funeral; Speaks out OUCH
During an interview with WBTV’s Molly Grantham (a local news anchor who worked with him on past breast cancer events), Williams said he was stung by the Panthers’ lack of support, other than the immediate condolences of General Manager Dave Gettleman and coach Ron Rivera.
“That was the end. That was it. Nobody came to the funeral,” Williams said. “The owner didn’t reach out. He didn’t say anything. Never talked to me. Nobody upstairs ever talked to me. The only two people who ever said anything to me was coach Rivera and Dave Gettleman. . . . There’s nothing that coach Rivera and Dave Gettleman can do to me that will make me mad or make me hate them because in my darkest hour they were there for me. . .
“I was upset with Carolina, because the last five or six years during October, [my mom] was celebrated, but then when she was no longer here — let’s move on. [I was] very disappointed, . . . it stung to know that a place of business that you’ve worked for, you’ve bled, you’ve played through injuries, you’ve done everything you possibly can for this organization to be successful, and then upon your darkest hour, they let you, handle it by yourself.”
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