Del Johnson looked from Florida while confetti fell on her son, CJ Gardner-Johnson, and his teammates after the Philadelphia Eagles would send in the chiefs of Kansas City in Super Bowl Lix.
The Eagles Safety’s mother was in Cocoa Village, Florida, not in New Orleans for the big game. She was there because she also had something to celebrate – the opening of her second restaurant. However, the party mode was short-lived due to an inflow of negative Yelp reviews for Johnson’s other establishment, Kings Grill in Rockledge, Florida.
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Philadelphia Eagles Safety CJ Gardner-Johnson, #8, celebrates after winning Super Bowl Lix at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on February 9, 2025. (Geoff Burke-Imagement Images)
The peak in bad reviews started shortly after Gardner-Johnson focused on Chiefs-star Travis Kelce.
“Should have stayed with those fat s —,” Gardner-Johnson Caption An Instagram stories message. The caption seemed to refer to the former Romance of Kelce with Kayla Nicole, who attended last Sunday’s big game and celebrated the Eagles victory on the Caesars Superdome Turf.
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Fans of singer Taylor Swift, who are often called ‘Swifties’, seemed to be responsible for at least the first stream of bad Google reviews and negative Yelp reviews for the Kings Grill. In the past two seasons, Swift has made countless performances at Chiefs competitions and is currently going out with Kelce.
“I have friends who sent me the screenshots,” said Delatron Johnson TMZ Sports. “They went,” Oh my God, look at this! ” And the first thing everyone said was: “The Swifties attacked.”
“Yes, we have seen all the reviews. The joke is really on the fast and everyone who entertains the reviews because Kings Grill is closed.”
The unfavorable assessments were later deleted and Yelp posted an “unusual activity warning” on the page of the restaurant that “temporarily disabled the placement of content”.
CJ Gardner-Johnson, #8 of the Philadelphia Eagles, and Travis Kelce, #87 of the Chiefs of Kansas City, will be in the first quarter during Super Bowl Lix on Caesars Superdome on 9 February 2025 in New Orleans. (Gregory Shamus/Getty images)
“This company has recently received more public attention, which often means that people come to this page to post their opinion about news. Although we are somehow not aware when it comes to this incident, we have the Temporarily disabled the placement of content on this page while we work to investigate whether the content you see here reflects actual consumer experiences instead of the recent events, “read the mail.
A Yelp spokesperson added that “Moderators” would eventually clean up the page so that it reflects first -hand consumer experiences “.
“In order to remain a useful source for the community, reviews must be based on a real, experience of first -hand with the company,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “Due to the increased activity that we detected on the business page, the Yelp user operation team quickly worked to temporarily disable placing content on the page and placed an unusual activity warning on Tuesday 11 February. When we see the activity dramatically decreasing or decreasing or Stop, our moderators will clean up the page so that it reflects consumer experiences.
Philadelphia Eagles Safety CJ Gardner-Johnson, #8, practices for Super Bowl Lix against the Kansas City Chiefs in Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on February 9, 2025. (Kirby Lee-Imagn images)
Some Eagles fans took knowledge of the flow of negative reviews that Johnson’s restaurant received and showed their support by leaving a considerable number of positive reviews for the location.
Supporters of others NFL teams Also came to Johnson’s help.
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“Saints fan here, thank you that you got a ring. A bit sad that people try to attack this place because the chiefs are sorry. I think,” wrote a fan of New Orleans Saints. Gardner-Johnson spent the first three years of his NFL career with the saints.
A fan of Las Vegas Raiders suggested that the restaurant had first -class service. “Service was on point thank you! Food was about thank you! The ambiance was on point thank you! #Raaaiiidersssss,” wrote the fan of Raiders.
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