While some people are burning San Francisco 49ers jerseys over Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protest, his girlfriend, MTV host Nessa Diab, is supporting the quarterback. She took to Twitter to issue a statement about her beau Sunday, the same day she attended the 2016 Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York.

“I'm always proud of him and always will be @Kaepernick7,” Nessa, as she is best known, wrote Sunday. “Please take the time to UNDERSTAND what he is saying.” The “Girl Code” star then shared an article from the San Francisco Chronicle where Kaepernick explained his protest. The tweet was liked and shared dozens of times by her 120,000 followers.

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