Reports that Drew Brees was struck by lightning during a promotional shoot have yet to be officially confirmed.
A documented incident involving New Orleans Saints longtime quarterback Drew Brees looks to be potentially staged, but at this point, information is few and far between and mostly speculative.
Early Friday morning, unconfirmed reports from uncertain sources came out that Drew Brees had been struck by lightning along with a grainy, low-light video of the incident.
Here is a translation of the above Tweet via Google Translate:
@NFL star @drewbrees was struck by lightning in Catatumbo while filming a commercial south of Lake Maracaibo. It happened a few hours ago. More information shortly…
The video is a general cell phone video of the star quarterback being mic’d up and prepped for the video shoot. The scene appears to be outdoors — but could be a set — with a thunderstorm off in the background. Someone says, “stations,” and lightning strikes, the camera goes out of view, and the video ends.
Nothing has been confirmed or unconfirmed at this point. PointsBet, who the commercial was for, Tweeted a statement:
Incredibly vague. It follows a very vague Tweet from Drew about flying to an, “top-secret location,” for the shoot.
The video looks like a typical scripted fake viral stunt, but obviously, if the reports are real, this is very bad.
Right now, we can only wait for clearer information from legitimate sources to know what’s going on. Fans are hoping Drew is safe either way.
