On Thursday, an eye-popping video surfaced online after a Buffalo Bills presser, but it did not involve any players actually speaking to the media. It seemed to be afterward, but somebody forgot to turn the equipment off.
Following a Week One loss to the New York Jets, an unknown Bills reporter could be heard stating on a hot mic speaking on how Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs treats them all. You could hear the voice of a woman: “Stef and Micah. That’s who they’re trying for. There’s no control over Stefon Diggs. Dude’s gonna do what he wants to do. He’ll look in my face and say ‘Eff you.’ That’s how he treats everybody.”
That unknown woman is no longer a mystery as she has been identified as Bills team reporter Maddy Glab who has since issued an apology on social media following the incident.
“I want to take ownership for what I said today. I am very sorry for what I said and meant no ill will,” Glab said.
“I respect the hell out of Stefon Diggs, and he has been one of my favorite players to cover.”
Glab added Diggs has “a playful relationship” with the team’s video department which led to her making the joke.
“Media was waiting for players to come out for press conferences when a reporter jokingly told me to go get Stefon Diggs,” Glab wrote. “I said I don’t have control over him — Stef marches to the beat of his own drum and I love that about him. He has a playful relationship with our video department, so that’s why I said he probably wouldn’t say yes to me grabbing him for an interview.”
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She concluded her statement by writing, “I should not have said what I said… Stef is not in the wrong, I am.”
Glab has served as the Bills team reporter since July 2019, according to her LinkedIn page.
Diggs has yet to comment on the situation.
The 29-year-old caught 10 passes, including a touchdown, for 102 yards in a Week 1 loss to the Jets who only had Aaron Rodgers for a few minutes before he would suffer a season-ending torn Achilles on a sack.
