Janet Jackson is a huge Colin Kaepernick fan. The superstar singer went the extra mile to get a hold of Kaepernick’s sold out Air Force 1 sneakers.
According to The Blast, the shoes sold out within minutes after going on sale last month. Millions of sneaker heads tried to buy the sneakers which retailed for $110.
Janet reached out to one of her contacts who hooked her up with a pair.
“Thank you CK for my sneaks. I love’em [sic] @Kaepernick7,” she wrote in the caption of a photo that shows her rocking the coveted sneakers.
The sneakers feature a logo of Kaepernick’s signature afro on the heels and they bear the date “08 14 16” on the right sole. The date marks the first time Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem before a game.
The shoes hit the market weeks after Kaepernick attended a workout for NFL teams in Atlanta. One of the wide receivers who caught Kaepernick’s passes that day was offered an NFL contract, but Kaepernick is still unsigned.
Nike made the 32-year-old activist the face of an ad campaign for Nike’s 30th anniversary year in 2019.
On Saturday, the former NFL quarterback angered his Twitter followers when he slammed the United States as an imperialist country after a precision drone strike killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, 62.
