New York Giants tight end Darren Waller remains away from the team as he continues to ponder retirement but that hasn’t stopped him from working on other projects.
After helping draft prospects prepare for the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, news broke that Waller and his wife of one year, WNBA star Kelsey Plum, were headed for divorce.
That split inspired Waller to write and produce a new music video, which he officially released last week (although it only went viral on Thursday). It depicts the events and subsequent aftermath of his breakup with Plum, ending in a theoretical murder after she stabs him in the back.
Giants Darren Waller just dropped a music video about his divorce with a Fake Kelsey Plum in the video.
It is um…. Interesting.
What do you think? pic.twitter.com/wvaYkeQlK2
— Robert Littal BSO (@BSO) May 30, 2024
At the original time of release, Waller explained on Instagram that he had been inspired to write a song from someone else’s perspective.
“On February 3, I felt a strong conviction to do something different. I’d never written a song from the perspective of someone else until this. There’s something extremely valuable (and quite humbling lol) about putting yourself in the shoes of those you have been intimate with and taking an honest look at yourself. The only result possible is growth,” Waller wrote.
The heavily auto-tuned song actually appears to be from Waller’s perspective, although it’s possible the roles were reversed in his mind as it was being created.
Either way, the lyrics and their intention were evident.
“Who knew that love could kill,” Waller sings in the video.
Waller, who has overcome substance abuse issues in the past, is the only Giants player not to appear in East Rutherford this spring. Despite that, head coach Brian Daboll continues to insist there’s no deadline for Waller to decide on his future.
