Odell Beckham Jr. and Josh Norman engaged in a number of on-field fights during the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers game this past Sunday, and their disputes may have been due to gay slurs aimed at Beckham Jr.

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According to former Dallas Cowboys star Michael Irvin, he spoke to Beckham Jr. after Sunday's game, and was informed that several members of the Panthers team were trash-talking at him with gay slurs prior to the event, and allegedly taunted him with a baseball bat. However, according to Irvin, the gay claims were nothing new for Beckham Jr.

"He deals with it a lot. For some reason, everybody goes after him with gay slurs," Irvin told the New York Daily News on Tuesday. "He’s a different kind of dude. He has the hairdo out, he’s not the big muscular kind of dude. The ladies all love him. He’s a star. I wonder why people are going in that direction. It blows my mind."

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“I don’t think I’ve ever really seen the animosity towards a receiver ever in the league right now what’s going towards this young kid,” Irvin said.

Following Beckham Jr.'s fight with Norman, he received a one-game suspension, which he unsuccessfully appealed.

In a statement shared on Twitter on Wednesday, Beckham Jr. apologized for his behavior.

To see more of what happened on the field, check out the clip below.

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