U.S. men’s national team legend Tim Howard called on Alex Henderson to apologize for calling him a ‘weirdo’ on ‘Love is Blind.’ It did not take Henderson long to oblige.
Henderson released an apology through a video on his Instagram Stories, quickly complying with Howard’s demand.
‘Tim Howard, first and foremost, I apologize. Candidly, that is one of my lowest moments on this show is calling that out,’ Henderson said.
‘I don’t think that that’s true. I think you are one of the greatest U.S. national team goalkeepers of all time. As a goalkeeper, I understand our culture. I’m not going to try to explain what I was really saying there. It’s an egregious mistake and I think you’re handling with class.”
Henderson made the comment toward a fellow contestant on the Netflix reality dating show.
“He’s American. I met him already. He’s a weirdo,’ Henderson says of Howard, who earned 121 USMNT caps during his career.
On his ‘Unfiltered Soccer’ show, Howard issued an angry response to Henderson’s comment.
‘Here’s what I would say: I know you’re a fan, and I have this on good authority,’ Howard said. ‘So all I’ll say is, we can make everything right with the world, and you just issue a public apology on whatever platform you’re on.
‘You can issue a public apology and I’ll accept it in advance. If not, then I’ll have more things to say about you. So we’ll leave it there.’
Henderson, who was previously known as Alec Ferrell, was a standout college goalkeeper at Wake Forest. Minnesota United selected him in the second round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft, but he never played in MLS.
Howard wasn’t the only soccer legend Henderson bad-mouths on the show. He also said longtime England star David Beckham was ‘not even good.’
In contrast to his approach on Howard, Henderson wasn’t as apologetic when it came to Beckham.
“All due respect to David Beckham, is he in your best 11 of all time?” Henderson said.