Jordan Love entered the offseason with the spotlight already on him as the Green Bay Packers quarterback, but the biggest buzz around him lately hasn’t been about football at all. The unexpected attention has centered on a personal moment: Love and his wife, Ronika Stone, recently welcomed their first child together.
Stone was at Packers training camp with the newborn last week, and that gave fans one of the first public looks at the baby. Once the photos hit social media, the conversation quickly drifted in an ugly direction. A number of users began commenting on the baby’s complexion, with several posts questioning why the newborn appeared lighter-skinned than expected.
The images themselves simply show Stone holding the baby during Packers practice, but that didn’t stop the speculation from taking off. “Whose white baby is that?” one fan asked.
“Who gana tell him…..” another wrote.
Another comment took the same tack: “the tips of the ears not even brown.”
“2 black people make a white baby? Bro better call up his lawyer and get some dna samples,” someone else advised.
One user pushed back on the reaction, writing, “They are both half white lol and the baby probably has not seen much sun,”
Love, meanwhile, is staying locked in on football as the Packers move toward another season after last term’s disappointing playoff exit. The family photos may have stirred plenty of online chatter, but neither Love nor Stone has said anything to suggest there’s any truth to the speculation surrounding their child.
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