ESPN Analyst And Trump Critic Ryan Clark Receives Backlash After White Face Halloween Costume

In recent years, a white person dressing up as a Native American or painting this face black has been deemed as racist.

However, ESPN analyst and Trump critic Ryan Clark recently dressed up as former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and put on a white face.

The move by Clark resulted in hundreds of users on X calling out Clark for hypocrisy.

Take a look:

Ryan Clark went on national television wearing WHITEFACE.

This is racist and disgusting. Ryan Clark should be FIRED!

My culture is not your Halloween costume! pic.twitter.com/xmBnEGzp3t

— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) October 31, 2024

Ryan Clark dressed up and put on White face on national television.

Imagine if the roles were reversed… OUTRAGE pic.twitter.com/wDoyJr2tT7

— Bo (@dittletv) October 31, 2024

Per OutKick:

Let me get this out of the way right off the bat: I do not care what you dress up as for Halloween.

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It will never, ever offend me. I just don’t care. Never have. Never will. I’ve yet to be offended in my life, and I’m not sure anyone will ever find that line. I doubt it exists.

We good on that, now? Good! Moving on …

Ryan Clark, the ex-player/ESPN analyst/Inside the NFL host – who aspires to be arguably the wokest sports analyst of all time and fills his Twitter timeline with anti-Trump, pro-Colin Kaepernick nonsense – has the internet BUZZING this morning after he dressed as Bill Belichick on last night’s show.

Now, dressing as Bill Belichick is a cool idea, and Ryan really nailed it. Bill, for those who don’t know, also contributes to Inside the NFL – on the CW!!! – and the entire cast dressed as each other for the Halloween episode.

Anyway, Ryan went ALL OUT dressing as Bill. And by all out, I mean he even gooped up his face to look just like Bill.

Ryan, for those who don’t know, is black. Bill, for those who don’t know (which is none of you), is white.

And instantly, the internet pounced like a herd of hungry lions!

Wow.

Ryan Clark did WHITE FACE on NATIONAL TELEVISION…

How does this crap get approved???

pic.twitter.com/IKzTocejwp

— Football Fanatics (@FFB_Fanatics) October 31, 2024

Here’s what The Daily Mail reported:

Former Steelers star Ryan Clark defended his Halloween costume on Thursday night after the ‘racist’ depiction of Bill Belichick was slammed online.

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Clark, who works alongside Belichick on the CW’s ‘Inside The NFL,’ wore a white-skinned mask and grey wig to resemble the ex-Patriots coach on Wednesday, writing on X that he spent ‘three hours’ in a chair having the prosthetic applied.

Nonetheless, despite having Belichick’s blessing, Clark was slammed by what he called the ‘white face mob’ – but said on Thursday that there is ‘no equivalent’ to ‘black face.’

‘Black face’ was invented by lower tier white people because it distanced them from their class, & then used to mock black people by the film industry,’ he wrote. ‘It was a part of oppression. Black Face is RACIST… from its inception, to its execution, to its intention. There is no equivalent, because there is no equivalent in the oppression.’

Clark added that Belichick provided his game-worn sweatshirt and whistle for the costume, which was ‘loved’ around the NFL Films set and by the 72-year-old.