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‘This is disgusting.’ Local and national reaction to Tyreek Hill recording

Public opinion regarding Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill took a decided turn after KCTV (Channel 5) in Kansas City aired a recording conversation between Hill and his fiancee Cyrstal Espinal after their 3-year-old son was injured.

In one portion of the conversation, Hill can be heard telling Espinal: “You need to be terrified of me, too, b----.”

There was an immediate reaction on Twitter.

USA Today writer Doug Farrar tweeted:

Pro Football Talk tweeted:

NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport tweeted:

Mike Garofolo of the NFL Network tweeted:

Yahoo Sports tweeted:

Chicago radio host Julie DiCaro wrote:

And football fans were sickened by the conversation:

This story was originally published April 25, 2019 at 7:12 PM with the headline "‘This is disgusting.’ Local and national reaction to Tyreek Hill recording."

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