Kerry Rhodes Gay Rumors has him black listed after 'wife' Russell 'Hollywood' Simpson reveals relationship?

NFL athlete Kerry Rhodes says he was not blacklisted from football and that rumors about his sexuality are false and he chooses to ignore them.

"I don't think I was blacklisted," Rhodes told ESPN. "Especially with the NFL I don't think they would do that ... to me it was a product of me wanting to do other things and not finding the right opportunity."

Rumors swirled that Rhodes was gay after a former associate shared stories to several blogs about his alleged homosexuality.

"I emphatically said no once and that's all I need to say and people who know me know that's definitely not the case," Rhodes said. "To me I'm definitely not and I can't control what people think, so I move on."

In an interview with Bossip.com, Russell "Hollywood" Simpson, admitted that he worked for the NFL athlete as an assistant and later got into a deep relationship with Rhodes.

"I met him at an NFL training camp. A friend of mine was up there trying to get hired as a player's assistant and I kinda tagged along. I don't wanna be anyone's assistant and I basically helped my friend get to Arizona (Cardinals) to get a job. We went up the hotel suite and Kerry was up there. We talked and that was about it. I later went back to North Carolina and he called me wanting me to come back to Arizona to help manage his assistants and personal team. We started dating about 2 months after and then got in a relationship."

Simpson explained that he acted as the "wife" to Rhodes, "I was like his wife. I ran the household and took care of all his personal needs. If anyone needed anything from Kerry they came to me! That's what Kerry loved about me. i didn't take no sh*t from nobody. Kerry is kinda a dumb athlete, like a dumb jock. So, I took care of things that he didn't understand. And yes, his teammates did know about me. It was kinda unspoken but I was at all his training camps and events. The other wives knew and loved me too. I was always there. It was no secret!"