Popeyes fires back at Karl-Anthony Towns over Anthony Edwards comments

Popeyes is here to bring athletes together, not tear teams apart.

“Good luck to every high level athlete who eats Popeyes regardless of what their teammates say,” the Popeyes Twitter account wrote.

The tweet was made due to comments made by Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns after Monday’s 115-106 loss against the San Antonio Spurs.

His teammate and fellow former No. 1 overall pick Anthony Edwards is the jokester of the group, and always has a fun time when he’s doing media. Towns has taken exception with his teammates off-the-court antics and let it be known in a public setting.

“I know y’all think it’s funny up here when he talks about Popeyes and all that s***. That doesn’t make me happy to hear,” Towns said Monday.

While Towns and Edwards are solving their problems, Popeyes wanted to make sure they got the last laugh in a situation they found themselves in the middle of out of nowhere, and they delivered.

Chandler Parsons criticizes Karl-Anthony Towns for comments on Anthony Edwards

Many have called out Towns for such a public attack on Edwards, rather than addressing the issue internally with a private conversation. Former NBA forward Chandler Parsons joined that crowd with harsh criticism during his appearance on FanDuel TV.

“It’s just super corny for him to say that,” Parsons said. “I don’t know if it’s his attempt of trying to be a leader, but leaders don’t do that in public. Leaders privately pull their player or their teammate over there and they talk about that or they get with the training staff, they get with the chef, they get with whatever they have to get to address this issue.

“You do not air that out after a bad loss when emotions are already high. Doing that to another star player on the team, I just think that’s completely out of bounds. That’s not how you lead. That’s not how you get things done and I just think that’s super wack.”