Joe Burrow’s foundation faces massive backlash as judge booted for ‘inappropriate’ posts targeting Charlie Kirk

The Joe Burrow Foundation fired a board member over insensitive comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Ted Berry, an Ohio judge, was removed from his position after he allegedly wrote several Facebook posts on the Utah shooting that left the political conservative commentator dead on Wednesday, according to Fox 19 in Cincinnati. Hamilton County municipal court Judge Ted Berry posted comments on Facebook, sparking backlash.

“The Joe Burrow Foundation was founded on the belief that everyone has the responsibility to do good,” the group announced in a statement on Twitter. “We have terminated an advisory board member that made inappropriate remarks in light of recent events and they are no longer associated with the Foundation. Their comments do not reflect our values or our mission. We are committed to accountability and respect for all.”

The Joe Burrow Foundation is an organization named after the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback and foundation president, which works to support youth mental health and other charitable causes.


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What did Ted Berry write on Kirk?

In the first of a series of comments, Ted Berry wrote “Rest in Hatred & Division!” on a post honoring Kirk, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. Berry responded to another Facebook user that Kirk “spewed hate & division.”

“How’s he feel about gun violence and gun control in Hell, now?” Berry reportedly said in another post. Berry told the outlet that he does not “condone any type of violence on any human being.”

“I regret if I caused division,” Berry said, per the Enquirer. “That was not my intent. And I hope there can be peace.”

Berry is not the first person in the sports world to get into hot water for comments on Kirk’s murder.Former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho also faced backlash over his viral comments about the late activist.

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Following Charlie Kirk’s death on Wednesday in Utah, Emmanuel Acho shared several videos addressing the incident. “Charlie Kirk openly stated that gun deaths are a price we must accept to preserve Second Amendment rights—and that it’s worth it. That has torn me apart… At times, it feels like mourning his death by gun contradicts everything he stood for, everything he said, everything he believed.”

Acho, a former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker, also accused Kirk of promoting racist attitudes. “He referred to both Michelle Obama and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson—both Harvard graduates—as lacking the intellectual capacity to be taken seriously. He even suggested that a Black pilot would automatically be assumed to be a DEI hire.”

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In another video, Acho urged people to avoid polarizing views of Kirk as either a hero or a villain. “Charlie Kirk’s death has shaken me deeply over the past 36 hours… Some are trying to memorialize him, but I do not believe he was a hero. We need to humanize him, not idolize or demonize him.”

Carolina Panthers communications coordinator Charlie Rock was fired by the team for Instagram posts on Kirk’s assassination. Gerald Bourguet, a Suns beat reporter, was let go by PHNX Sports for comments he made on X.