Vince Williams keeps Bengals rivalry alive with dead gorilla joke

By Kirstie Chiappelli

Just when you thought the Steelers-Bengals rivalry couldn't possibly get more heated, Vince Williams reminded us the hostility will never die.

Following the harrowing death of Harambe the gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo on Saturday, the Steelers linebacker jumped at the opportunity to use the tragedy as firepower against the division-rival Bengals.

“The Gorilla was from Cincinnati. I didn’t drop one tear. He in a better place now,” Williams wrote in a tweet Wednesday.

After immediately drawing backlash on Twitter, Williams refused to back down and urged people to not lose their minds over the joke.

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I just lost a lot of respect for Vince Williams...

Pretty stupid. Williams just needs to shut up and quit making these kinds of boneheaded remarks over social media. Stupid, insensitive, and throwing fuel on the fire for no good reason.

Hawaii 5-0 wrote:

I just lost a lot of respect for Vince Williams...

Agreed - he is an idiot

Williams stepped in it by threatening to shoot Burfict after Bell was hurt last November



Now this ignorance - further evidence that twitter is another method by which world class morons confirm their status to the outside world

Atlanta Dan wrote:

Hawaii 5-0 wrote:

I just lost a lot of respect for Vince Williams...

Agreed - he is an idiot

Williams stepped in it by threatening to shoot Burfict after Bell was hurt last November



Now this ignorance - further evidence that twitter is another method by which world class morons confirm their status to the outside world

Honestly that one was pretty damn stupid, he has to understand his position as a professional athlete but at the same time I understood it a little more because it was in the heat of the moment. I have to imagine these guys get sick of watching the Bengals intentionally trying to hurt guys like Bell, Ben, and Brown every single time we play them.

That being said he should have learned his lesson the first time around, the whole gorilla thing was stupid, and he knew better.

Memo to Vince Williams:

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."    

I had no choice but to address all of this stupidity in this morning's podcast, including some fans who still think saying things like "Ben Rapistberger" are tactful jokes. (Hint: it's not funny.)

There was also some foolish BS with the Cincy soccer team trying to piggyback on the NFL rivalry to boost their franchise. I talk about that too.

Tomlin needs to reign this team in. Social media is a playground for stupidity, and this team does not need to enter into that zoo...bad timing, but truly that is what that place is. Tomlin should create a rule: a moratorium of social media use while employed with the Steelers. Don't give the media anything they can sink their teeth into while you keep your head down and do your job for 1-10 years.

I hate the bengals too but man that's kinda messed up