Video Showing NFL Owner Jerry Jones Making Racial Comment Surfaces

A video showing Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones making a racial comment in 2013 resurfaced online Friday after it was obtained by The Blast. The video, which was reportedly taken at the Warwick Melrose Hotel in Dallas, showed Jones talking to a football fan.

The unidentified fan asked Jones for a special message for his fiancée, The Blast reported.

“Jennifer, congratulations on the wedding,” Jones said into the camera in the video. “Now, you know he’s with a black girl don’t, don’t you?”

Jones apologized Friday after the video surfaced.

"That comment was inappropriate," he said in a statement obtained by Dallas Morning News. "It's not who I am and I'm sorry."

Former Cowboy Deion Sanders came to Jones' defense Friday.

"[I] won't cast judgment on one moment when a joke went south to capture who this man represents in a lifetime commitment of love and compassion to all ethnicities," Sanders told The Blast. "Jerry does more for his players than anyone in the league. I don't think there's a player, whether African American or Caucasian, that would agree [the video] is a representation of Jerry."

The fan who handed over the video of Jones reportedly shared it recently among his group of friends in response to the current climate in the NFL. The football league has been the center of public debate after numerous players began kneeling during the National Anthem in protest of police brutality. President Donald Trump said in September that NFL owners should fire any players who protest during the anthem.

"Get that son of a b---- off the field right now, he's fired," Trump said regarding how NFL owners should respond to such protests. "He's fired!"

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in October that everyone should stand for the National Anthem.

"We believe that everyone should stand for the National Anthem," Goodell wrote in a letter. "It is an important moment in our game. We want to honor our flag and our country and our fans expect that of us. We also care deeply about our players and respect their opinions and concerns about critical social issues. The controversy over the anthem is a barrier to having honest conversations and making real progress on the underlying issues. We need to move past this controversy and we want to do that together with our players."

This article has been updated to include a response from Jones.