Kyle Pitts blasts ‘fake emotion’ from NFL players who skipped Rondale Moore’s celebration of life

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Atlanta Falcons star Kyle Pitts called out the former teammates of Rondale Moore, who tragically died last month from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound, after he said only a handful of them showed up to his celebration of life services on Friday. 

Moore, 25, was found dead in the garage of his Indiana home on Feb. 21. Police said at the time that the former NFL receiver died of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound. News of Moore’s death prompted an outpouring of support from around the league and from those who knew Moore. 

But Pitts, who became close with Moore after he was traded to the Falcons in 2024, called out what he called the "fake emotion" that was displayed in the wake of Moore’s passing.

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"Crazy how only about 6 maybe 7 of your teammates in the NFL showed up for you today smfh," he wrote in a post shared to his Instagram Stories. "All that talk and fake emotion and nobody want to show up to lay you to rest.. Just at a loss of words. 

"Be woke on who your ‘brothers’ really are, who really rock with you all areas of life not just in front of cameras or the public," he continued, adding "Folks just want to throw up a post and not mean it but we ball yb as Kur said, ‘it might hurt a little’ but we ball." 

Moore was a standout football player in college for Purdue. The Arizona Cardinals selected him in the 2021 NFL Draft. He played three seasons in Arizona from 2021 to 2023. He was traded to the Atlanta Falcons in 2024 but suffered a season-ending injury.

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He joined the Minnesota Vikings in March 2025 and suffered a season-ending injury in a preseason game. 

Pitts shared an emotional post about Moore on social media after learning of his death.

"This can’t be real dawg," he wrote after sharing a carousel of photos on Instagram. "I’m really sitting here crying on even what to say or think bruh."

"We literally was just on the phone yesterday morning. I’m so hurt dawg, I’d never thought I’d be making this type of post let alone it be about you! Rondale, you’re truly aqt peace now watching over us but I wish you didn't leave us man. I love you dawg and 4 is going to live on forever."

Fox News Digital’s Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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Iran warns European countries will be 'legitimate targets' if they join conflict

An Iranian official warned that any European countries that enter the conflict against Iran will become "legitimate targets" for Tehran’s retaliation. 

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi made the remark to France24 as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday apologized to neighboring countries that have been attacked by the regime. 

"We have already informed the Europeans and everybody else that they should be careful not to be involved in this war of aggression against Iran," Takht-Ravanchi told the network. "If they help, I'm not trying to name any country, but if any country joins in the aggression against Iran, joins America and Israel in the aggression against Iran, definitely they will be also the legitimate targets for Iranian retaliation." 

"This war has imposed on us, and we will continue to defend ourselves to the best of our abilities," he added. "We have an obligation to defend our people and that is what exactly we are doing."

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Takht-Ravanchi also claimed Iran was "negotiating in good faith" in talks with the U.S. about its nuclear program, before America launched Operation Epic Fury and Israel began Operation Roaring Lion on Feb. 28. 

"We are sincere. We are sincere in our endeavor to arrive at a peaceful conclusion of this issue," he told France24. 

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Pezeshkian said Saturday that any future attacks coming out of Iran would only be in response to attacks against the country. 

"I should apologize to the neighboring countries that were attacked by Iran, on my own behalf," he said, according to The Associated Press. "From now on, they should not attack neighboring countries or fire missiles at them, unless we are attacked by those countries. I think we should solve this through diplomacy."

Pezeshkian made the apology during a prerecorded televised speech on Saturday after Iran launched repeated strikes on Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman. 

Despite the vow, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Defense said on Saturday that the country's air defense systems intercepted 16 ballistic missiles, 15 of which were destroyed while one fell into the sea.

Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Pritchett and The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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