The Mail on Sunday somehow got exclusive comments from Pat Tillman’s mother Mary Tillman over the weekend. The Mail got Mary to respond to the announcement that Prince Harry would receive the Pat Tillman Award for Service at next week’s ESPYs. Mary Tillman’s comments were odd, in that she didn’t mention the Invictus Games or Harry’s military service, and instead expressed her “shock” that ESPN and the Tillman Foundation would “select such a controversial and divisive individual to receive the award. There are recipients that are far more fitting. There are individuals working in the veteran community that are doing tremendous things to assist veterans.” ESPN quietly pushed back on Monday, basically saying that Harry will receive the award because of the Invictus Games and everything he’s done to support veterans for over a decade. Someone (probably at ESPN) also pointed out that Mary Tillman has never had a say in who receives the Pat Tillman Award for Service. Well, now Page Six has a weird response to that:
The backlash kicked off by ESPN giving Prince Harry the esteemed Pat Tillman Award has turned into a behind-the-scenes clash, sources say. Over the weekend, Mary Tillman — the mother of NFL player turned army vet Pat Tillman — hit out at Prince Harry being honored.
Network insiders told Page Six that Mary is not associated with the Pat Tillman Foundation, which helps ESPN determine the honorees, and has never been informed during the selection of past recipients.
But other sources say that Mary and her family members were kept abreast of previous honorees, including last year’s winners — members of the Buffalo Bills training staff who revived player Damar Hamlin after he suffered cardiac arrest in the middle of a January 2023 game.
“But other sources say that Mary and her family members were kept abreast of previous honorees.” Meaning what exactly? Mary Tillman was usually informed via ESPN press release or an email from the Tillman Foundation? What are we really fighting about here? I really hope that we get some clarity on exactly what is going on behind-the-scenes, because it feels like this is a beef between Pat Tillman’s mother and his widow, and it also feels like Mary Tillman is completely uninformed or misinformed about why Harry is receiving this award. Meanwhile, TMZ has a piece in which other Pat Tillman Award winners are defending Harry being named the recipient of the award.
Prince Harry has key figures in his corner amid the outrage over ESPN’s decision to honor him with the Pat Tillman Award for Service — at least 2 former winners say Harry is definitely deserving.
Jake Wood, a U.S. Marine and former college football player who won the award in 2018, tells TMZ … the Duke of Sussex is a natural fit for the Tillman honor because of Harry’s military service and his dedication to veterans. Jake feels Prince Harry is a good choice because he’s dedicated his life to serving and supporting the military and veterans — Harry served 2 tours in Afghanistan — and that should be commended because there are hundreds of different ways a British royal could live his life.
Another previous winner, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro Jr., received the Tillman award in 2017, and totally disagrees with [Pat] McAfee and Mary Tillman. He says Harry’s work with wounded and injured veterans makes him a worthy recipient, and for what it’s worth … he’s looking forward to watching Harry follow in his footsteps.
That’s ESPN’s take too, as it insists Harry was chosen specifically because of his work as the founder of The Invictus Games for wounded and injured vets. Harry’s foundation is celebrating 10 years of service. The notion ESPN selected Harry purely for publicity doesn’t make sense to Jake, who points out … the ESPYs and ESPN aren’t hurting for celebs and the ceremony is always chock-full of famous athletes.
Of course, Harry’s the first celeb to win the Pat Tillman Award for Service — in the past, it’s been reserved for unsung heroes, but Jake says Harry’s military background makes him unlike most celebs. While Jake’s defending Harry here, don’t get it twisted … he says Pat’s mother has every right to defend her son’s legacy however she sees fit, and, obviously, he does not speak for the Tillman family. Likewise, Israel has sympathy for Mary, but says the award boils down to service … and, for him at least, Prince Harry more than checks that box.
Yeah, I agree with these men. This whole “controversy” driven by Mary Tillman and Pat McAfee has been so bizarre. But hey, someone succeeded at turning a huge honor for Harry into a negative storyline. It’s almost as if that’s been someone’s agenda for eight years.
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I have said previously, this has been a negative press for Tillman Foundation itself. They are giving an award to someone who founded a successful global veteran games and someone associated with them is publicly insulting their choice. Now, do the future recipients also have to worry about negative press when they accept this award? Harry didn’t apply for nomination or smt, this isn’t oscars. They chose his foundation and him. It is a shame really.
I don’t believe any future recipient has to worry about negative press. This Foundation has been giving awards since 2004 and no one else has been subjected to that. It’s the British Media that’s campaigning for Harry and Meghan to fail because William and Kate are in their shadow 🤨🤨🤨
@swaz, I think it is because no media called her for her comments on the selection before. This made some noise on (tabloid) media. They can call her next year for her opinions on that year’s selection just to get some content now. Needless to say, I don’t believe she called DM to share her opinion on Harry.
The British press said there would be “no mercy” once H&M left and when Harry took the tabloids to court. Once Harry receives his award they will move on and attack the next charity/ foundation that awards H&M for their work. It’s incredibly sad and pathetic.
Agree @swaz. When Marcus Rashford won the same award, the British Media/affiliates didn’t herald it or put out numerous articles about it. Which is sad. There were a handful of articles from the BM. Future recipients don’t need to worry. unless their name happens to be Prince Harry.
@sevenblue, agree that Mary “Dannie” Tillman wasn’t calling up the Fail. Their “exclusives” are not exclusives. Made up shit. I’ve seen where people have claimed Mary is MAGA. There really is nothing in her history to support that. That I know of. It’s fascinating that the BM/affiliates choose to ignore that Pat Tillman’s brother, Kevin, also a military vet (who was behind Pat when Pat died), is a founding member of the Pat Tillman Foundation. I’m having a hard time believing a lot of this. The one thing I believe is that she said she’s not part of the selection committee. The Bush administration tried to cover up the truth of what happened. Pat’s mom was like, NO. If I’m wrong, I’m wrong. I’m not going to slay on her until better proof.
In comments sections, I have noticed that commenters with what is considered “real names” are surprised of the fake outrage, as Invictus Games, Harry’s military service, and Harry’s work with Veterans are very very well documented in the U.S. – His many solo trips to the U.S. pre-Meghan were about the Invictus Games and his real military service – he was with General Powell, the Obamas, he was with Melania Trump, He was with the Bidens when they were VPs, like his association with the Military in the U.S. is 10+ years deep. Like most people in the US, the ones who are not into Royal coverage know him for his Vegas strip poker and his military service, they know it is real and it goes deep and regardless of MAGA or the Left , Americans respect vegas fun and military service – LOL
He is a natural fit for this award, like you do not have to fluff his CV to fit him into this award, it is such an earned award for Harry, I am surprise he is only just receiving it but I guess its because he lives here the foundation and ESPN can actually see it. Like he is a public figure that embody’s the Pat Tillman approach to military as he really served during his two tours, and it is well documented pre-Meghan how he was frustrated that he couldn’t do more tour of duty because of the British Tabloid Media obsession in pointing out where he was serving and needing to publicize that, it felt so counter productive at the time, like how about country first over media headline profits. Then post tours he founded IG, he is on the same wave length as Pat – this is so a natural fit, he embody this award as he promotes the use of sports to rehabilitate the wounded.
Given the mail and the tabloidy approach of the BM, they may have pulled Mrs Tillman [the mother] into this and manipulated sentiments that seem more about not being part of the foundation than about Harry, like it reads to me that she wanted to discolor the foundation and the Harry thing gave her a pathway to do that. It is sad for her and sad that she didn’t take the high road, not for Harry, but for Pat and Pat’s honor. I wish she would have said no comment as she was used . The McAfee guy, well he is a clout chaser and he knows the tabloids would have expanded the reach of his comments so he is trending.
The upside is that because of this planned , manufactured news and outrage, Harry’s tours of Afghanistan are back in the limelight and people are seeing that he was a genuine military guy at heart and while he could have swan off post tours, he has been committed since 10 years , wow , ten years to the wounded vets.
I do believe beyond the headlines , people will see this for what it is, manufactured outrage by the British Press and as this is the strategy they employ for any award or recognition Harry gets, people just roll their eyes at the media and those who play in the moment , not Harry.
I get that the British Tabloids and Media such as BBC have a duty bound to protect the Royal Family as it is a British institution. It is the same in Thailand, it is the same in most countries in the Middle East and Africa with a ruling RF, and so they may feel that a successful Harry doesn’t align with their duty to protect and uphold the institution, like they will never ever report any negative about the next in line and thus he is the future of the institution, no matter if he does something, they can’t do that because of their duty to protect the insititution and he is the institution. but why can’t they just ignore Harry and Meghan? If they don’t amplify these news, awards, activities, it stays in the trade media- specific to the topic/action/award/activities and reported just in a factual way with no sentiment left or right and no drama and maybe the lifestyle media and morning shows, information is fast moving so people move on eventually. But when they manufacture these empty barrel noises , it actually bring more people towards Harry and Meghan.
As many of us have said before, the world is witnessing these tactics on a global scale – and it’s becoming more and more obvious what/who is the real cause of all this. And for many, many people – not just Harry and Meghan fans for a long time now. Especially this year, with all the AI fakes, it’s become obvious that people are aware of this and no longer trust the presented news. Even if this is an annoyance to everyone targeted by the UK media – they are actively de-throning themselves. It’s only a matter of time, because they just don’t know when they’ve lost. The addiction is too big and they will continue to push the boundaries and damage themselves in the process. Until one day, it’s over.
Pat McAfee strikes me as someone who has never done something selfless for someone else in his life, so I get why he doesn’t understand this award and who deserves it. His bread and butter is creating controversy and making sure that fragile, snowflake men feel good about being so small, bitter and hateful.
“Mary and her family members were kept abreast of previous honorees”. Way to say that you don’t consider your son’s widow, who is involved in the decision, a family member. And “Harry’s the first celeb to win the Pat Tillman Award for Service”. No, Marcus Rashford won it. Some of the previous winners who are taking up for PH have played in the IG. The winners I don’t get are the ones they say they were informed of-the Bills training staff. Weren’t they just doing their actual job in reviving one of their own players?
I was confused about the training staff too. While I’m so happy they were able to revive Hamlin, how does that amount to service? I also thought it was strictly military service but I guess not.
This was a hugely traumatic event for football. Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on the field during a game and the whole football audience watched it. The type of arrest he had is fatal if not treated in the first 3 minutes. It took the training staff and EMTs 10 minutes to get his heart started again. The staff are trained to used cardiac equipment, but that’s not their main job.
But it is part of their job. And you could argue that, since you say it was widely known, that they were famous also.
yes but isn’t there supposed to be a tie-in with the military or military service? Were the EMTs veterans that they received this specific award for what, while being an extraordinary event for a football field, was just doing their job?
@pottymouth pup – the original description of the award is – “given to a person with a strong connection to sports who has served others in a way that echoes the legacy of the former NFL player and U.S. Army Ranger, Pat Tillman,” It’s been extended to groups of people. There’s been a tendency to tie it in with the military, but it’s not mandatory.
@equality – I don’t understand this “it’s just their job” mentality. Communities give awards to police and firefighters for saving peoples lives. Tillman was awarded a slew of medals for his performance in the military. Technically, we could say “why bother, they were just doing their job,” but we don’t do that when people perform that job in an extraordinary way. The same with the training staff – they’re trained but not trauma doctors. If any of them had hesitated for a minute or stopped to think “what should I do,” Hamlin would have been dead – that’s the kind of cardiac arrest he had.
This entire fiasco reminds me of what the Great Toni Morison said about racism: :”The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being . . . .” Please bear with me. I am not saying necessarily that Pat Tilman’s mother is racist, or that her statement is rooted in racism. Although, we can never ignore that the Crown is almost always behind the smears of Harry and Meghan. But Morrison’s statement is significant here, because this entire rigmarole has served it’s purpose — DISTRACTION — from the work that Harry does, to uplift wounded vets, who would otherwise be forgotten. So we all who support Harry, are, as a result of his hateful campaign, pushed to distraction, by having to explain over and over again, why he deserves this award.
I’m sorry, I really don’t know what happened, by statement got posted before I was done. Below at 8 is the final version. Odd.
Excellent post. Brilliant!” If you stop to throw rocks at every barking dog you’ll never reach your destination.”–W. Churchill
Toni Morrison and Winston Churchill presented the same advice. Don’t let distractions deter you in life. Recognize them and keep it moving on the micro or macro scale. Keep fighting and you will win.
I hope ESPN model for clapping back is the model many organizations use for future awards for the Sussexes. No drama, just the facts. As most supporters are aware, the agenda against the Sussexes is driven by the UK gutter press with complicity by Harry’s birth family. Harry and Meghan’s disengaging with the gutter UK press along with Harry’s lawsuits, the public’s lack of interest in those left behind in his family is driving this agenda. The length the gutter UK press goes to just to tarnish the Sussexes while embarrassing themselves is astounding.
Do not know much about Mary Tillman other than her son paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
I’m very pleased for the push back, and for people sticking up for Harry. The Royal Family is not about service. This is wicked and weird.
Yeah, it’s good to see former recipients actually stating support for Harry’s IG work. The British tabloids and RF like to scare people against saying anything positive towards Harry or the IG.
It is weird and the weirdest part is that I have been seeing people that I usually see eye to eye with on a lot of things such as politics fall for this. One person in particular I was very shocked about saying things like, Mary Tillman is right and that she probably knows about Invictus but the bigger issue for her is that the award should be going to people without resources that need them and prince Harry is way too rich and not American so why is he getting this, and she is Pat Tillman’s mother after all. It was so bizarre to hear this person saying these things.
@Erin, it isn’t an award with a monetary prize attached. If it was, I would understand that argument. Also, if she knew about Invictus, she would say it. I don’t think she knows anything about Harry’s military service or Invictus.
Marcus Rashford is rich and famous and obviously has connections and resources. Where was the lady’s argument when he won?
Honestly, everything about this is gross. A veteran being honored for supporting wounded veterans. And this is the story. It’s pretty shameful.
Supporting them through sports, thus honoring a football player who gave his life for his country. It’s about as fitting a tribute as I can think of.
This entire fiasco reminds me of the Great Toni Morrison’s words on “The function,” of racism: “the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being.” Please bear with me, I am not calling Pat Tilman a racist, or even saying that her statement is rooted in racism — although we cannot ever discount both the blatant and latent effect of living in a racist society, and that the Crown is usually behind the smears of Harry and Meghan.
But Morrison’s statement resonates here, because all this noise has served is purpose of distraction — diverting the conversation from Harry’s laudable work, and thereby removing the emphasis from the vets who deserve all the attention. Those of us who support Harry, moreover, are necessarily pushed to distraction, because we must now “explain over and over again,” his reason for receiving the honor. DISTRACTION, the last refuge of the scoundrel that is that dying white supremacy institution — the British monarchy.
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Harry is not the first celebrity to receive this award. I am not a soccer fan at all, and even I knew about what Marcus Rashford was doing to feed kids. It does sound like there is some behind the scenes stuff going on that doesn’t have anything to do with Harry, and the British media is doing their normal to make everything have to do with Harry somehow. I think though that this is actually going to inspire more people to watch the presentation. Also you know that the clip that is going to be generated from his award acceptance is going to end up going viral because they put so much emphasis on it. With these awards at the ESPYs they always do a background reel of the person, usually with interviews from their family and friends. All of this controversy just provides the opportunity to highlight Invictus even more to a population that may not have been aware. And then it really will make the people saying he was undeserving look so bad. Not that they will care as usual.
I mean Harry ticks all the boxes for somebody who deserves to win this award. It could be that Mary wants to be involved with the foundation but is not.
It must be exhausting to be Harry and Meghan.
This whole thing is like divorcing someone who abused and attempts to control you, only to find they doubled down once you’re gone. You just keep hoping they’ll get bored and move on to someone else because it’s the only way they will stop.
We all know the Mail set this “controversy” up. There is absolutely no controversy.
They did the same to Diana after the separation/divorce. They are vindictive which is always the hallmark of a spiteful person.
I remember in Spare Harry saying he hoped Camilla would be happy because she’d be less dangerous. They are truly awful.
@Bad Janet agreed how can helping veterans be controversial? Tabs will say and do anything to trash Harry and Meg as a warning to others NOT to sue them.The analogy of the vindictive ex partner who wants to ruin every moment of the happiness of the person they drove away with their abusive conduct in the first place. The Fail are very frightened about their court case as Doreen Lawrence is involved alongside Harry and others. How are they going to justify hacking the phone of a murder victim’s mum whose decades long fight for justice they were championing?? They are going low here because they always fight dirty.
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The Fail has egg on its face for using Mary Tillman to take a swipe at Harry and Page Six is doing damage control on its behalf. Being “abreast” of the winners is not the same as having a say or a vote for who gets the award. The Fail knows their stunt has backfired.
Yeah, the comment should be “This whole “controversy” driven by BRFCo Assoc, Daily Fail, involving Mary Tillman and Pat McAfee has been so bizarre.” Somebody on Xwitter pointed out Harry had been on diplomatic tour in Nepal for BRFCo following 2015 earthquake. Something Jake Wood didn’t say in Harry’s defense was that he opted to stay on longer, after his official “working royal” trip in Nepal in 2016 to work with Team Rubicon in rebuilding.
I hate that they always try to diminish Prince Harry’s accomplishments and achievements and try to ruin any recognition or honor he is receiving. (And by they i mean the British tabloid press and racist assholes)
Now there is a petition going around with 30,000 supposed signatures on it for ESPN to resend the award to Prince Harry. The hatred for this man is mind boggling no matter what he does. He and Meghan are strong individuals. I know this has to hurt but they keep their heads turned to the work of doing good. His family should be ashamed instead we get crickets from them.
Damn, that is some weak numbers. I remember the derangers making more numbers in the past for dumb sh*t like taking Sussex title back. They got tired of losing I guess.
Considering the media has been pushing the petition those aren’t great numbers.
Why would it hurt Harry? He knows how these people operate and he and Meghan are right to ignore them and keep doing what they’re doing which is serving the public. They are both right to ignore the faux outrage from the tabloid press.
The derangers always put out petitions. They issued one ages ago to try to stop the wedding. Probably same ones vote over and over
It may be time to start a petition to get the British tabs to leave Harry & Meghan alone!
They need to hold back naming Harry and Meghan as winners until the day of or a day or two before which doesn’t give the tabloid time to start any mess. They did this when Meghan showed up at the variety celebration, no one knew she was coming. Whenever they give them more than a weeks notice all hell breaks loose.
True! And this applies for all their projects as well. Release info closer to the launch date and promote it without giving any chance and time for the media and the derangers to trash it. Announcing something in advance and then leaving a vacuum isn’t a winning strategy here. I know the usual folks will spread negativity but these things can be controlled to some extent.
I’m sure that Harry sees this pathetic effort for what it is: the Daily Mail’s usual attempt at character assassination. I also think he will care most about what his fellow veterans, who are standing up for him, have to say.
Marcus Rashford is a celebrity and wealthy footballer. He won in 2021. So whoever is keeping Mary Tillman “abreast” of the winners clearly needs to do a better job.
I also saw some comments on articles about that story saying how William and Kate should be recognised for their involvement in the creation of the Invictus Games. I laughed.
Indeed haven’t they had enough of karmic pushback. Carry on, carry on and watch the whole mouldy monarchy crumble to the ground. William deserves a straitjacket not a crown while his spouse is doing a good impression of Rochesters mad wife . Despicable people .
Yes WanK should be recognized for all they did for Invictus….. Which is nothing. So they are getting all the recognition they deserve. Of course Peggy was made when Prince Harry founded the organization and did not put his Peggy’s name on it.
I predicted this last week. Pat McAfee merely jumped on the bandwagon, folks on social media were organizing protests with disabled veterans, petitions on change.org many days ago. This is now standard-harass anyone or any organization that associates with Harry to make him toxic, and then loop the media and the MAGA/Brexit trolls. Then repeat stories layer all the false accusations against Harry and Meghan, call them vulgar names, just generally spread hate and negativity.
The pushback by previous winners is very welcome. Lawsuits and negative consequences need to follow-and all of us need to push back on social media regarding harrassment and social media doxxing of non-profits and foundations, family members-that is not cool, and likely a huge waste of donated dollars and volunteer time. Trolls should be encouraged to support their own local charities and donate their social media skills at their local senior center or to an organization who could desperately use their time and talents. (Volunteering is down!)
When I see this I think of poor Princess Diana. She had all this thrown at her without any help or pushback. That was before the social media age but the tabloids were brutal to her. Who would imagine this would happen to her youngest son. I am so glad he and Meghan have each other to contend with this nonsense. I still believe that this is orchestrated by individuals because this is just not your one troll harassing a person. I do believe like what Anonymous said this is to make him so toxic that no one would want to work with him. Luckily so many people see this for what is is pure harassment.
Harry has learned to turn the other cheek! He has done it most of his life! I think there should be a award for that! How many times have the British press stabbed him and his family in the back but then in the next breath begged for his return? He needs awards for all of it! I am fed up with it all! Invictus is a great way for all the injured Vets to participate in! Congrats to Prince Harry!.
It should be noted that Jake Wood won this award for founding Team Rubicon which Harry has volunteered with many times over the years so he’s very aware of Harry’s service to others and his commitment to his military family. It stands to reason that if multiple Invictus competitors have won this award and the cofounder of Team Rubicon has won this award then obviously at some point the founder of Invictus would win it too. The fact that it is Invictus big 10 year anniversary probably also played a role in why it was this year versus previous years or next year.
I don’t care that Mary Tilman is a gold star mother, she’s an ass and I am sure there’s some racism dancing there towards Meghan as well based on her other freaking remarks in the past.
Amen
One of these things is not like the other.
Pat McAfee is a man child who played a game and now hosts a gossip podcast . Latest podcast reflects his disdain for the vets and military who stand solid to allow him the freedom to play his games.
Prince Harry is one of the men and women who served to defend our freedoms. Recognizing the trauma warfare has on body, mind and soul of our returning vets he founded Invictus. A community to honor, respect, and support these amazing men and women. There have been amazing stories from participants on how Invictus saved / changed their lives.
Pat McAfee’s opinion and disdain is a sad commentary on ignorance in our society but, like him, is irrelevant
Mary Tillman ,Pat’s mother was never on the board of the Pat Tillman award because it wasn’t created by her. It was created by Pat Tillman widow and his brother is also a part of the foundation that that reviews the candidates for the award. I think the reason Mary Tillman was not informed is because to be polite she has a different world view than her former daughter in law. For example at Tillman’s funeral John McCain and Maria Shriver tried to turn it into a religious service and Pat Tillman was a atheist. It was Tillman’s brother that spoke the truth at that service.
Did they really? How tacky and crass.
I’m looking forward to seeing McAfee and Mary eating crow after they see how impactful and in the spirit of the Tillman award IG are and all PH did to make the games successful.
Imagine how far afield you’ve strayed when TMZ, which is in itself a toxic cesspool, is disagreeing with you.
Mary Tillman has accomplished nothing except staining the legacy of her son and the foundation and award named for him, and painting herself as a racist, tabloid-patsy, ignorant troll. Yes, I’m saying it and no, IDGAF about her Gold Star status. It does not excuse her present behavior. It’s quite clear she hasn’t bothered to educate herself on WHY Harry deserves the award, she is simply taking some POS tabloid reporter’s word.
And ESPN has embarrassed itself and its longtime reputation by hiring people like Pat McAfee.
This award being given to Harry was approved by the board of the Tillman organization-Tillman’s wife and his brother are on this board-evil minons from the Uk started this mess to smear Harry and by extension Meghan-If any person can read or write they would know Harry has been involved with the Invictus Games for ten years-raising money, getting sponsors, and helping to elevate the veterans with disabilities-the UK media are shitstains on the world of information-their job is to protect and defend the royals in the UK at all cost-even if that means lying and smearing Harry and Meghan-Harry and Meghan roll up sleeves and get things done-I just read the UN called on Harry for help-Princess Diana would be extremely proud of her son and believe me I think she is helping to guide Harry and Meghan thru this messy world of humanity-God’s speed to Harry, Meghan, Archie, and Lilibet. Mr. Murdock will meet his maker in hell sooner than he thinks.
I wonder how things would have gone down if they had decided to give the award to the Invictus games/foundation, instead of to Harry, personally.
Ie, would the BRF lunatics feel free to go after The IG?