--- title: New York Jets Quarterback Bryce Petty: Domino's Pizza Tweet description: Jets fans, most of whom live in the New York and New Jersey areas and take pizza very seriously. canonical: https://time.com/4015967/new-york-jets-bryce-petty-pizza-controversy/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-29T15:55:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:24:01.061Z og:title: New York Jets Quarterback Apologizes for Liking Domino's Pizza og:description: He was shamed by the New York pizza community og:url: https://time.com/4015967/new-york-jets-bryce-petty-pizza-controversy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67a1f8860a468de1/6987edeca988ca2a9d6b07a7/pizza-boxes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Pizza Boxes og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New York Jets Quarterback Apologizes for Liking Domino's Pizza twitter:description: He was shamed by the New York pizza community twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67a1f8860a468de1/6987edeca988ca2a9d6b07a7/pizza-boxes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New York Jets Quarterback Apologizes for Liking Domino's Pizza ## Video: Should I Eat Pizza? [Watch (HLS stream): Should I Eat Pizza?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NvpgAWn5.m3u8) (1:39)  _Published 2015-02-12. You might be surprised that four out of five health experts give pizza the thumbs up. But don’t be fooled: these are not greasy thumbs._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 29, 2015 3:55 PM UTC  Pepperoni Pizza in Cardboard Take Out Box, Stacked Boxes Pepperoni Pizza in Cardboard Take Out Box, Stacked BoxesGetty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 29, 2015 3:55 PM UTC Did you know you can order a Domino’s pizza simply by [tweeting the pizza emoji](http://time.com/3857165/order-dominos-pizza-tweeting-pizza-emoji/)? Well, the New York Jets’ rookie quarterback Bryce Petty recently found out about this and shared his excitement [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/b%5Fpetty14/status/637064967792029696). What Petty didn’t realize is that he’d really, really upset Jets fans, most of whom live in the New York and New Jersey areas and take pizza very seriously. Naturally, fans began to publicly shame him: > [](https://twitter.com/FredJohnson14/status/637066343167033344) > [](https://twitter.com/IcaRu5h/status/637076076196458496) > [](https://twitter.com/superstarmelle/status/637069834648428544) > [](https://twitter.com/Doc%5F%5FAd/status/637082515430342657) Once Petty realized how much damage he’d done, he crafted an apology: > [](https://twitter.com/b%5Fpetty14/status/637082516667662336) In the end, though, Petty realized that the controversy could have been worse: > [](https://twitter.com/b%5Fpetty14/status/637340296242708480) _Read next:_ [_Watch American Kids Try School Lunches From Around the World_](http://time.com/4013034/american-kids-school-lunches-around-the-world/?iid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4015967/new-york-jets-bryce-petty-pizza-controversy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4015967/new-york-jets-bryce-petty-pizza-controversy/"},"headline":"New York Jets Quarterback Apologizes for Liking Domino's Pizza","datePublished":"2015-08-29T15:55:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:24:01.061Z","description":"He was shamed by the New York pizza community","url":"https://time.com/4015967/new-york-jets-bryce-petty-pizza-controversy/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67a1f8860a468de1/6987edeca988ca2a9d6b07a7/pizza-boxes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67a1f8860a468de1/6987edeca988ca2a9d6b07a7/pizza-boxes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pizza Boxes","caption":"Pizza Boxes","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4015967/new-york-jets-bryce-petty-pizza-controversy/","name":"New York Jets Quarterback Apologizes for Liking Domino's Pizza"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Should I Eat Pizza?","description":"You might be surprised that four out of five health experts give pizza the thumbs up. 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