Pete Crow-Armstrong regrets 'poor word choice' in NSFW spat with White Sox fan
After going viral following an NSFW exchange with a fan on Sunday, Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong said he made a poor choice of words.
All-Star Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong went viral on Sunday for the wrong reasons. During a game against the Chicago White Sox , Crow-Armstrong got into a verbal altercation with a fan on the other side of the outfield fence. Video taken from near the incident later revealed the NSFW comments Crow-Armstrong made to the fan.
Crow-Armstrong simply said after the game that "some lady decided to start talking (expletive), and I felt the need to say it back. " However, after the video made the rounds on social media Monday, Crow-Armstron addressed the exchange more directly. He stated that he regrets his "word choice," and expressed concern that children on social media might see the language he used.
“I’m just bummed out about the word choice and that a bunch of little kids will find their way to social media and see that as well…. Again, poor word choice," he said, per ESPN's Jesse Rogers. “Directly or indirectly, I don’t think the women in my life would ever think I would use those kind of words regularly.
” PCA on his interaction with the fan yesterday: “I regret the word choice. ” — Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) May 18, 2026 PCA: “I’m just bummed out about the word choice and that a bunch of little kids will find their way to social media and see that as well…. Again, poor word choice.