Wednesday, 30 April 2025

Super Bowl MVP Skips Team’s White House Visit

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Philadelphia Eagles star quarterback Jalen Hurts, the Super Bowl LIX MVP, skipped the team’s White House visit.

According to the New York Post, the White House said Hurts’ absence was due to “scheduling conflicts.”

From the New York Post:

It is unclear how many players will not be at the ceremonial events.

Hurts stammered his way through a question about whether he would be visiting 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue at the Time 100 gala last week, leading to speculation that his absence was likely.

Hurts said “umm” before the red carpet interviewer moved on to a different line of questioning.

It comes as fellow Eagles star Saquon Barkley is making a weekend of the celebration, as he was photographed with Trump outside the president’s Bedminster, N.J., golf club on Sunday.

Barkley responded to backlash from fans who criticized him for spending so much time with the divisive president.

“lol some people are really upset cause I played golfed and flew to the White House with the PRESIDENT,” Barkley wrote Monday on X. “Maybe I just respect the office, not a hard concept to understand. Just golfed with Obama not too long ago…and look forward to finishing my round with Trump ! Now ya get out my mentions with all this politics and have amazing day.”

Per CNN:

Barkley’s appearance with Trump comes days after Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts dodged a question about whether he will personally celebrate their Super Bowl victory at the White House.

Super Bowl LIX MVP Hurts didn’t answer when asked whether he’ll be at the White House while he was on the red carpet for the 2025 TIME 100 gala in New York City on Thursday, saying “Um” and looking around before the interviewer thanked him for his time.

There were questions about whether the Eagles would celebrate their Super Bowl victory with Trump having previously decided not to do so after winning their first Vince Lombardi trophy in 2018 when Trump was in his first term in office.

The decision sparked a storm of criticism from Trump, who falsely accused the Eagles of taking a knee during “The Star-Spangled Banner” that year and disrespecting the National Anthem in other ways before uninviting the whole team.

But this time around, the team officially accepted an invitation to visit Washington, ending social media speculation that the team would refuse the traditional visit.

Earlier this month, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie called the celebratory White House visit a “time-honored tradition,” but added that it is “optional.”

“So there was no reticence whatsoever. To be celebrated at the White House is a good thing,” Lurie told reporters. “There were special circumstances (in 2018) that were very different, and so this was kind of an obvious choice and look forward to it.

“When you grow up and you hear about: ‘Oh, the championship team got to go to the White House,’ that’s what this is. And so we didn’t have that opportunity and now we do. I think we’re all looking forward to it.”

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