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Le’Veon Bell tweet leads to Dairy Queen gig for a day

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell works at a Dairy Queen in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Photo: Associated Press/Photo supplied to Cascade Radio Group by Pierson Grant PR. Credit: Ed Rieker/AP.


NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers’ running back Le’Veon Bell jokingly tweeted during his preseason contract holdout that he might have to apply for a job at Dairy Queen.

On Tuesday, Dairy Queen obliged.

Bell spent some time at the chain’s New Kensington store — about 20 miles (32.2 kilometers) northeast of Pittsburgh — learning how to make Blizzards and other treats.

Bell says his one-day gig was “harder than I thought it was going to be” and that he doesn’t think “this job is any easier than my job, and I don’t think my job is any easier than their job.”

Jared Abraham, who co-owns the store, says Dairy Queen reached out to Bell after his tweet. Abraham says, “As excited as we were to have him, he seemed just as excited.”

 

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