NBA Star Dwight Howard Silenced for ‘Free Palestine’ Tweet — League Faces Backlash
September 25, 2025
An NBA Champion.
An All-Star.
A global icon.
Yet Dwight Howard was silenced by the league… for tweeting just two words:
“Free Palestine.”
When even athletes can’t speak truth without fear of punishment, what does that say about “freedom” in America?
Who decides what voices get amplified — and which ones get erased?
#FreePalestine #DwightHoward #Silenced #NBA #Censorship #StandWithPalestine
English Script:
Dwight Howard: I tweeted Free Palestine. I then near got kicked out of the league for it! And I’m like trying to figure out why. So we go to the movies. After the movies, I’m taking pictures with all the, you know, fans and stuff like that, and they asked me to, just bring some awareness to what’s going on in their country. So, you know, me having a big heart and like…
Interviewer: The Christian thing to do.
Dwight Howard: Yes. I’m like, you know what? I want people to know what’s going on, the struggles y’all have. You know, I don’t think it’s wrong. So I tweet Free Palestine! Less than ten minutes after I tweet that, I get a call from the commissioner of the NBA.
Interviewer: Stop it.
Dwight Howard: Agents, people working with my foundation at the time, Texas. You gotta erase this tweet. You got to take this down. You want to get…So I’m like, what did I do that was so bad?
Interviewer: Can someone explain to me?
Dwight Howard: Yeah. Can somebody explain?
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