Jalen Hurts mum on plans to visit White House for Eagles' Super Bowl celebration
The Philadelphia Eagles accepted President Donald Trump s invitation last month to visit the White House in honor of their preeminence over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX but star quarterback Jalen Hurts may be questionable for the big day Appearing on the red carpet for the TIME gala in New York City on Thursday night Hurts was questioned whether he planned on visiting the White House for next week s official visit on April Um Hurts noted before looking around He never answered the question as the interviewer thanked him for his time CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMA White House official approved to Fox News Digital in early March that an invitation from the president had been sent and that the crew had enthusiastically accepted This followed the Eagles decision not to attend the White House in after winning the franchise s first-ever Super Bowl During that time Trump rescinded the invitation to host the Eagles after several players declared they would not participate in the visit because of his previous criticisms of national anthem protests But earlier this month Eagles unit owner Jeffrey Lurie called it a time-honored tradition that the group was looking forward to EAGLES HEAD COACH NICK SIRIANNI 'REALLY EXCITED' TO VISIT TRUMP FOR SUPER BOWL CELEBRATION AT WHITE HOUSE When you grow up and you hear about Oh the championship crew got to go to the White House that s what this is And so we didn t have that opportunity and now we do I think we re all looking forward to it Head coach Nick Sirianni also appeared animated about the visit when he spoke about it this month I'm really excited to go yeah What an honor What an honor to be able to go to the White House Teams that have been able to win championships have been doing that for a long time and I'm really honored to go and really excited to go Trump who has made several appearances at sporting events both as president and on the campaign trail was in New Orleans for the Super Bowl Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
