Colin Kaepernick has spoken with the media about his national anthem protest a lot over the course of the last two months. But up until now, he hadn’t sat down for a 1-on-1 video interview with any media outlets. Instead, he decided to share messages with the media during his press conferences. But this week, he chose to sit down with The Undefeated for his first 1-on-1 video interview since the start of his protest.
During the interview, Kaepernick began by explaining why he decided to start his protest in the first place before talking about the reactions to it that have both touched him and hurt him:
He went on to talk about some of the specific things people have said to him when he has encountered them during his everyday life:
And he also said that he doesn’t feel any additional pressure to perform on the football field because of his protest:
You can watch a portion of the interview in the clip above.
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