Beyonce's nearly 20-minute performance at Sunday's MTV VMAs left many people speechless. The 32-year-old, who also received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award for lifetime achievement, put on an unforgettable show that features cameos from her husband, Jay-Z, and her daughter, Blue.
Eric LeGrand had something to say about Beyonce's performance, but it wasn't what anyone would have expected.
The former Rutgers football player, who was paralyzed while making a tackle against Army in October 2010, sent out this tweet to his 132,000 followers after watching Beyonce perform her song, "Drunk in Love":
Beyoncé got everyone like this when she performs Drunk in Love pic.twitter.com/9Zbck535Jd
— Eric LeGrand (@EricLeGrand52) August 25, 2014
The image shows the moment that LeGrand became paralyzed, and not all of his followers found the joke funny.
WTF? I'm actually offended RT @EricLeGrand52: Beyoncé got everyone like this when she performs Drunk in Love pic.twitter.com/vduHLP7apW
— Erika Esola (@emesola) August 25, 2014
For the most part, however, it seems people gave LeGrand the benefit of the doubt.
@EricLeGrand52 you're the only one to tweet this lol anybody else, and I'd wanna punch them in the damn head
— Max McGee (@McGee_Max) August 25, 2014
HE made the joke...so can we laugh? RT @EricLeGrand52: Beyoncé got everyone like this when she performs Drunk in Love pic.twitter.com/nsQvE6DjhH
— Mitch Carr (@mitchcarrtv) August 25, 2014
An hour after the original tweet, LeGrand sent out this message:
With my last tweet you guys can see that I have a sense of humor with my injury gotta enjoy life and laugh I know that cracked me up lol
— Eric LeGrand (@EricLeGrand52) August 25, 2014
LeGrand has been known to have a sense of humor about his predicament, and in the past he's moved on quickly when his paralysis became the subject of controversy. Still, it is a little jarring to see such a devastating injury employed for the sake of humor.