It appears there’s at least one joke Druski might not mind having back.
The comedian appeared on “CBS Mornings” on Thursday and showed remorse for the controversial Jaxson Smith-Njigba quip he spouted while on-stage at NFL Honors in San Francisco earlier this month.
“I like to mess around,” the 31-year-old said. “And sometimes you can go too far.”
Druski mispronounced Jaxon Smith-Njigba's name on purpose, right?This was worse than Mike Verbalpic.twitter.com/ZBBMDDHscP
While announcing Smith-Njigba as the winner of the 2025 Offensive Player of the Year trophy at the annual NFL awards show, Druski purposely mispronounced the Seahawks receiver’s name over and over again.
In total, he said the Seattle star’s last name incorrectly four times — before he settled on just calling him “JSN.”
While talking with Gayle King and Nate Burleson, he said he messaged Smith-Njigba after the event, in what seemed to be an attempt to apologize.
Comedian@druskireached out to Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, after using a racial slur while mispronouncing the name of the Offensive Player of the Year at the NFL Honors for the 2025 season.Druski told CBS Mornings about how sometimes, comedy can miss the…pic.twitter.com/4lwYIwM7o3
“I reached out. I reached out,” he said. “You know, congratulations to him, the team on the Super Bowl. I think that was an amazing thing. And, yeah, I didn’t get no response back.
Druski, though, made it clear he wasn’t going to the let the controversial bit affect his comedy going forward.
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