Los Angeles (CNN) -- Suspended NFL player Richie Incognito said his alleged bullying of Miami Dolphin teammate Jonathan Martin is misunderstood because "people don't know how Jon and I communicate to one another." Incognito acknowledged in an interview aired on "Fox NFL Sunday" that he used racist and vulgar language in voice mails and text messages to Martin but said it was "coming from a place of love." "No matter how bad and how vulgar it sounds, that's how we communicate," he told Fox Sports reporter Jay Glazer. "That's how our friendship was." "For instance, a week before this went down, Jonathan Martin text me on my phone 'I will murder your whole F-ing family,'" Incognito told Glazer. "Now, do I think Jonathan Martin was going to murder my family? Not one bit."
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"That's how our friendship was," Richie Incognito says about vulgar messages
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Jonathan Martin sent text saying he would "murder your whole F-ing family," Incognito says
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Incognito gives first interview to Fox Sports, shows text messages to reporter
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Miami Dolphins suspended Incognito after Martin quit the NFL team
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@placeholder, 24, left the team last month because of "harassment that went far beyond the traditional locker room hazing," Martin's lawyer said.
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Martin, 24, left the team last month because of "harassment that went far beyond the traditional locker room hazing," @placeholder's lawyer said.
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Glazer acknowledged at the beginning of Sunday's broadcast that he has been a close friend of @placeholder for five years, including training him in mixed martial arts in the off season.
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In the meantime, he will cooperate fully with the @placeholder investigation."
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"Someone thinks of a bully, they think of @placeholder."
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"This is an issue of my and @placeholder's relationship, where I've taken stuff too far and I didn't know it was hurting him."
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He acknowledged using the n-word in his communications with @placeholder, who is African-American.
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Glazer asked @placeholder what he would say to his former teammate today if he were in the room.