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0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. News broke over the weekend that Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Ed Oliver and his family were mourning the passing of his 2-year-old son who was found unresponsive in a swimming pool back in June.
Oliver and the Bills had kept the news private, but polarizing podcaster Tony Farmer reported the news on his X account, which has 24,200 followers.
Many people didn’t appreciate the fact that Farmer had publicized Oliver’s private personal news, including quarterback Josh Allen, who made it known that he was frustrated when he found out how the news was made public.
“First off, I want to say thank you to the ones that knew about it and allowed [Oliver] to have his moment and his time,” Allen said. “It's very sad in how it came out. It makes me very sad and angry. “Obviously, very unfortunate what happened and as a teammate of him, as someone in this locker room, all we can do is love on him.
“There's nothing that you can say to make the situation any better except being there in whatever ways he needs. That's what we're going to continue to do. That's what teammates do. You love up on each other when we're down, and I can't imagine what he's going through. But the way that he's dealt with it has been unbelievable. Very, very unfortunate how it got out.”
Farmer posted a story on X on Friday with the headline: “BREAKING: Bills DT Ed Oliver connected to serious tragedy; Bills claiming he is injured.”
He then claimed less than an hour later that X had taken his story down, despite the fact that it’s still live on his account.
“I posted this to X about 30 minutes ago, and X deleted the article within about 10 minutes,” Farmer posted . “There are witnesses. Is this story is being censored? I just reposted the story to my free stack (link in bio). Absolutely terrible tragedy, prayers up.”
Oliver had missed several practices and Buffalo’s preseason game against the Cleveland Browns due to an unspecified injury. Farmer’s reporting made it seem like the Bills were covering up the death of Oliver’s son by claiming he was injured.
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