Russell Wilson defends seeing ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
Feb 13, 2015, 10:15 AM | Updated: 12:35 pm

Russell Wilson shared with his Twitter followers Friday morning that he had seen Mr. Grey and Anastasia on screen the night before and called it a "great movie." (Universal Pictures and Focus Features)
(Universal Pictures and Focus Features)
Among moviegoers who caught the midnight screening of the much-anticipated movie “Fifty Shades of Grey:” Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson.
He shared with his Twitter followers Friday morning that he had seen Mr. Grey and Anastasia and called it a “great movie.”
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But fans of Wilson, who tweets out a Bible Verse of the Day with the hashtag #BVD, did not respond with positive reviews. Several of his followers even thought his Twitter account might have been hacked.
Thanks for the early showing of late last night..
🗻🚁
👀👀👀👀Great movie.
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson)
bible verses every day and a plug for a complete trash movie? Ummmm, no thanks
— Jason Burris (@jasonburris77)
man why support that garbage?
— Nathan Hodges (@hodgesperio)
Nice, how does the movie tie w/ ur Bible verses daily? There must be a verse or 2 u can share that connect to the movie 馃檪
— Fady (@FadyDizzle)
. I'm more than a little confused, Russell. I thought you professed to be a Christian. And yes, I'm judgmental (John 7:24).
— Tony Miano (@TonyMiano)
very shocked U wud hav seen that frankly it's disappointing very disappointing
— Chris Crowe (@crowe1876)
Wilson defended his choice to go see the movie, and followed it up with a nod to a film in a much different genre.
Saw a movie filmed in the town I call home. Provocative/disturbing no doubt but that does not make me less Faithful.
Have a blessed day! 😇
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson)
Now on a more serious & lighter note…
is an all time ultimate classic!
“She's a tiger…” 🐅🐅🐅
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson)