Hugh Douglas believes Terrell Owens’ recollection of their infamous fight in the Eagles locker room is inaccurate.
Douglas appeared on WIP sports talk radio in Philadelphia on Thursday to tell his side of the story.
“Me and T.O. are cool now, but it’s amazing how T.O. is misremembering. I’m not going to call him a liar. But he is misremembering the story. T.O. said something to me first,” Douglas said, as covered by Barrett Sports Media.
The fight occurred at a time when Douglas had retired as an active player but was around the Eagles with an “ambassador” title.
“I think T.O. Is forgetting a lot of the history with all of that that went down,” Douglas continued.
“Now, first of all, he instigated something with me because obviously, somebody told him I was on the radio.
“That’s when I first started and I was on the morning show with Angelo [Cataldi]. Angelo was going in on him.
“And the reason why Angelo was going in on him is because we had just played Dallas that weekend and T.O. wore a Michael Irvin jersey at the end of the game.”
Owens has said on multiple occasions — including this week on his Fubo Sports podcast, and a couple of years ago on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” — that it was Douglas who instigated the fight when Owens was receiving treatment, implying that the wideout was overselling an injury.
In his WIP appearance, Douglas continued to dismiss this series of events.
“The NFL is a brotherhood and I respect the brotherhood just like I respect any other brotherhood that I’m a part of. I respect that,” Douglas added.
“So I never said anything to him about him quitting because I know him. Listen, I saw T.O. every day for a year, work his butt off. I saw T.O. work his butt off to play in the Super Bowl. So, why would I say anything about him quitting on the team?
“Now, him wearing a Michael Irvin jersey, which I assumed that he forgot that he did, was the catalyst for all of this. This is the straw that broke the camel’s back, because if you remember after that game, that’s when Andy Reid sent him home.
“Because that’s the one thing that you don’t do in Philadelphia is do that like, especially after an L.”