{"id":83046,"date":"2023-12-14T00:12:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T00:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=83046"},"modified":"2023-12-14T00:12:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T00:12:23","slug":"gym-junkie-lies-about-being-ucf-footballer-in-epcot-line-cutting-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/gym-junkie-lies-about-being-ucf-footballer-in-epcot-line-cutting-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Gym junkie lies about being UCF footballer in Epcot line cutting rant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Gym junkie, 23, lies about being a UCF footballer and brags &#8216;I make more money than you ever will&#8217; after family calls out his obnoxious friends for cutting in line at Epcot<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kwadwo &#8216;KJ&#8217; Brathwaite, 23, and four friends confront over Epcot line cutting<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He claimed to be a UCF football player and mocked the group as they filmed him<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Brathwaite forced to admit he lied but claimed he was angry about racial slurs<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A gym junkie falsely claimed to be a UCF football player in a bizarre rant at a family after they objected to his friends cutting in line at Epcot.<\/p>\n<p>Kwadwo &#8216;KJ&#8217; Brathwaite, 23, and four friends were confronted in the queue for the Soarin&#8217; ride at the Disney World park in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re all going to the same place, you don&#8217;t give a f**k, bro, you&#8217;re a f**king nerd,&#8217; he said at the beginning of a video of his outburst.<\/p>\n<p>His friend Neil Olson cried mock tears in the background as their blonde female companions also taunted the group they has walked past.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I play football at the University of Central Florida, p***y&#8230; I make money, homie, I&#8217;m a businessman,&#8217;\u00a0Brathwaite said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You watch me on Saturdays, you and your family [should] tailgate outside my stadium.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/22\/78925425-12860051-Kwadwo_KJ_Brathwaite_23_falsely_claimed_to_be_a_UCF_football_pla-a-20_1702505794672.jpg\" height=\"1203\" width=\"962\"><\/p>\n<p>Kwadwo &#8216;KJ&#8217; Brathwaite, 23, falsely claimed to be a UCF football player in a bizarre rant at a family after they objected to his friends cutting in line at Epcot<\/p>\n<p>Brathwaite at another point mocked the man filming him for not sticking up for his wife while his friends were taunting them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You&#8217;re a nerd, bro, I&#8217;d never let nobody disrespect my girl&#8230; I don&#8217;t disrespect females, you&#8217;re a b***h though, bro,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Not to be outdone, one of the two girls, Sophie Gaddis, leaned towards the other group over\u00a0Brathwaite&#8217;s shoulder, extended her middle finger and yelled &#8216;f**k you&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the video she told her friends someone in the line &#8216;looks like a f****t&#8217; &#8211; a homophobic slur.<\/p>\n<p>Another time when she came forward to enter the fray, Brathwaite\u00a0grabbed her and pushed her back &#8216;shut up, go the f**k back and shut the f**k up&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Just stop talking to them, when you give people attention&#8230; attention is currency. You&#8217;re done, you&#8217;re cut off, I ain&#8217;t talking to you, last words,&#8217; he told his friends.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/22\/78925431-12860051-He_and_and_four_friends_including_Neil_Olson_centre_were_confron-a-21_1702505794674.jpg\" height=\"1448\" width=\"962\"><\/p>\n<p>He and\u00a0and four friends including\u00a0Neil Olson (centre) were confronted in the queue for the Soarin&#8217; ride at the Disney World park in Orlando, FL<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/22\/78925427-12860051-Not_to_be_outdone_Brathwaite_s_friend_Sophie_Gaddis_pictured_lea-a-22_1702505794675.jpg\" height=\"998\" width=\"962\"><\/p>\n<p>Not to be outdone, Brathwaite&#8217;s friend Sophie Gaddis (pictured) leaned towards the other group over Brathwaite&#8217;s shoulder, extended her middle finger and yelled &#8216;f**k you&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/22\/78925453-12860051-Brathwaite_and_Olson_flash_gang_signs_as_they_pose_together_in_a-a-23_1702505794676.jpg\" height=\"619\" width=\"962\"><\/p>\n<p>Brathwaite and Olson flash gang signs as they pose together in an Instagram photo<\/p>\n<p>But instead, he immediately said he would record the man filming him and took out his phone, offering to give them &#8217;10 seconds of fame&#8217; on his Snapchat because &#8216;he wants to be famous&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What&#8217;s your @? I got clout,&#8217; he claimed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brathwaite has 3,262 Instagram followers and 61,800 on TikTok &#8211; most of whom followed him after the video was posted.<\/p>\n<p>A Disney World manager eventually arrived and talked to Brathwaite and he friend, and he claimed he and his two male friends were just walking up to their girlfriends who were already in the line.<\/p>\n<p>Then he looked back at the camera and bragged: &#8216;I make money&#8230; how old are you? I&#8217;m 21, I make more money in NIL (college sports name, image, and likeness deals) than you ever will. Look me up, Google me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Many viewers of the video did just that and bombarded his social media with comments, forcing him to post two videos of his own.<\/p>\n<p>UCF also quickly issued a terse statement confirming he &#8216;is not a member of our football team and never has been&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/22\/78925437-12860051-Later_in_the_video_Gaddis_pictured_told_her_friends_someone_in_t-a-24_1702505794676.jpg\" height=\"900\" width=\"962\"><\/p>\n<p>Later in the video, Gaddis (pictured) told her friends someone in the line &#8216;looks like a f****t&#8217; &#8211; a homophobic slur<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/22\/78925447-12860051-Olson_cried_mock_tears_in_the_background_of_the_video_as_their_b-a-25_1702505794677.jpg\" height=\"1133\" width=\"962\"><\/p>\n<p>Olson cried mock tears in the background of the video as their blonde female companions also taunted the group they has walked past<\/p>\n<p>Brathwaite admitted he doesn&#8217;t play for UCF and apologized to kids and families who were around, but refused to apologize to the group who filmed him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There&#8217;s two sides to every story, you feel me? I was emotional at the time because these dudes gave racial slurs,&#8217; he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>He explained the two girls were already in the line and he and his two male friends walked up the queue to them.<\/p>\n<p>He said they never got kicked out of Epcot and the manager checked the CCTV to verify they didn&#8217;t cut the line.<\/p>\n<p>Brathwaite claimed the man waited for him to &#8216;start losing his mind&#8217; in response before filming.<\/p>\n<p>He said he claimed to be a UCF football player because they said &#8216;that n-word probably plays sports&#8217; and he thought they might be &#8216;Orlando natives&#8217; who would change their opinions if they thought he was a local player.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/22\/78925441-12860051-Court_records_show_Brathwaite_was_arrested_in_Volusia_County_FL_-a-26_1702505794705.jpg\" height=\"991\" width=\"962\"><\/p>\n<p>Court records show Brathwaite was arrested in Volusia County, FL, on February 27 for driving with a suspended license<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/22\/78925433-12860051-He_played_cornerback_for_Mainland_High_School_in_Daytona_Beach_F-a-27_1702505794709.jpg\" height=\"1042\" width=\"962\"><\/p>\n<p>He played cornerback for Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, FL, but never made it as a college athlete<\/p>\n<p>In a second video,\u00a0Brathwaite denied he was just trying\u00a0to &#8216;clear his name&#8217;, but insisted his actions were in response to racial abuse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That whole act was disgusting and it looked terrible&#8230; I let my emotions get the best of me,&#8217; he admitted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;[But] I&#8217;m not going to be having a yelling match with people if I wasn&#8217;t called racial slurs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Nobody&#8217;s perfect, but also nobody should ever be called racial slurs or comments regardless of the color of their skin or how they are especially [over] something as minimal as a line skip.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Court records show\u00a0Brathwaite was\u00a0arrested in Volusia County, FL, on February 27 for driving with a suspended license.<\/p>\n<p>He played cornerback for\u00a0Mainland High School in\u00a0Daytona Beach, FL, but never made it as a college athlete.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12860051\/Gym-junkie-23-lies-UCF-footballer-brags-make-money-family-calls-obnoxious-friends-cutting-line-Epcot.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gym junkie, 23, lies about being a UCF footballer and brags &#8216;I make more money than you ever will&#8217; 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