Did Broncos quarterback Bo Nix rebuke Trump for calling female reporter a pig?

Throughout 2026, people shared a rumor alleging Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix responded to U.S. President Donald Trump calling a reporter a pig. According to social media users’ posts, the NFL quarterback publicly rebuked Trump, saying that “staying silent makes me part of the problem.”

For example, on Sept. 20, a Facebook post (archived) read, “BREAKING NFL NEWS: Broncos star Bo Nix breaks his silence in shocking video response after ‘Little Pig’ comment to a female reporter shocks T.r.u.m.p — NFL superstar condemns disrespect towards women and sparks nationwide outrage.”

The post featured a meme showing side-by-side images of Nix and Trump, with a purported Nix quote reading as follows:

When I watched that clip, something in me snapped. I play this game with fire and pride, but I was raised to respect every woman who cheers, works, and sacrifices behind the scenes. If a man with that much power can mock and demean them in front of the world, then staying silent makes me part of the problem. And I refuse to be part of that.

Other examples of the claim appeared on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Snopes readers also searched this website in September 2026, specifically asking, “Did Bo Nix stand up for a female reporter?”

We first used search engines such as DuckDuckGo, Google and Yahoo to locate possible evidence from credible sources about Nix publicly commenting on Trump. If the story was true, journalists with reputable news outlets, such as The Associated Press or Reuters — or sports blogs — would have widely reported on it. That was not the case. 

The rumor about Bo Nix responding to Trump was fictional, and as a result we’ve rated the claim false.

The claim appeared to take inspiration from a real remark Trump made in November 2025 while aboard Air Force One, when he told a female reporter asking a question, “Quiet. Quiet, piggy.” Snopes previously investigated that quote and found Trump genuinely said it.

People.com, citing a journalist’s X post, reported the female journalist Trump addressed as “piggy” was Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey. The subject matter of Lucey’s question pertained to asking Trump about his past relationship with deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

We emailed the Denver Broncos to ask if the organization would like to address the fake Nix quote and will update this article if we receive further details.

Digging into the rumor

In addition to social media posts, the untrue rumor about Nix publicly rebuking Trump appeared on a handful of generic-looking WordPress blogs. Those blogs lacked author names and credible information about their founding. An examination of the blogs found they were not reputable outlets, for example such as well-known newspapers or established news websites, or websites for local or national TV channels.

A scan of the text in one blog article with the artificial intelligence detection tool Pangram displayed the results, “We believe that this entire text is AI,” as well as, “100% of this text is AI.”

Snopes doesn’t depend solely on AI detection tools, which vary in reliability, and instead considers the tools’ results as one of several data points toward judging an image’s authenticity. For Pangram, we bear in mind the platform’s strong performance in third-party and internal evaluations, as well as criticisms of the tool.

Creators of content like the fabricated Nix quote capitalize on social media users’ willingness to believe and share the made-up stories, profiting from advertising revenue on external websites to which the posts link. (Snopes has previously reported on the business strategy.)

The fictional story about Nix standing up for women resembled glurge, which Dictionary.com defines as “stories, often sent by email, that are supposed to be true and uplifting, but which are often fabricated and sentimental.”

For further reading, we previously reported about whether Broncos head coach Sean Payton fired two players for refusing to stand for the U.S. national anthem.

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