Photo Credit: Deandre Hopkins/Cameo
We love seeing celebrities being good samaritans and no better time exists than the present, just when President Biden addresses the current heat wave going on. Well Cardinals player Deandre Hopkins was out in Arizona giving out water to the public in the near 120 degree scorching heat. After all it was just a few days prior that a UPS driver was seen on video passing out while making deliveries out there. As for Hopkins, he had a pickup that he was traversing the city in with bags of ice and water in a video he captioned, “We decided to spend the day giving cold water to the people struggling to find housing.” He added, You can’t always solve the whole problem, but you can show people kindness.”
As for why he chose a homeless encampment to deliver water to, he said, “I’ve been through hard times myself and I still remember how much things like this helped. So look out for each other and help however you can. Stay safe out there Arizona.”
Hopkins grew up in poverty often without food to eat as a child so he understands the plight of some of those people he spoke to outside. Hell, he’s even been an ambassador and spokesperson for the Houston Food Bank before. He’s currently under a 6 game suspension after producing a positive test result for a ‘prohibited substance plus a diuretic or masking agent/attempt to substitute, dilute or adulterate a specimen/attempt to manipulate a test result,’” according to a May statement from the NFL Network.
The NFL Players Association is refuting the NFL Network’s claim by stating “This reporting was incorrect as Hopkins never tested positive for any diuretic or masking agent and there was absolutely no evidence of any attempt to substitute, dilute, or adulterate any specimen or any attempt to manipulate a test. Pursuant to the 2022 Policy, his discipline is consistent with producing a positive test result for a prohibited substance.”
A correction has also been made to the original report that said “CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story included an erroneous description of the test result that led to Hopkins’ suspension. Language from the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances on the circumstances in which a first-time violation would result in an eight-game suspension was incorrectly applied to Hopkins’ six-game suspension. That description has been removed,” the correction said. So the test result isn’t in question, just that he did not attempt to conceal it.
Hopefully Hopkins will get some good karma from his charity that he’s done this week that will help him out in this scenario.
