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Getty Russell Wilson says he loves Pete Carroll and NEVER wanted him booted out of Seattle ... contradicting a new report claiming the star QB demanded the Seahawks coach be fired. "I love Pete [Carroll] and he was a father figure to me and [General Manager John Schneider ] believed in me and drafted me as well. I never wanted them fired. All any of us wanted was to win," Russell wrote on social media. "l’ll always have respect for them and love for Seattle." Getty The statement from the 34-year-old is a direct response to a story published by The Athletic on Friday morning ... which claimed Wilson demanded the two men be fired in February 2022, believing they were holding him back from winning another Super Bowl. The outlet cited league sources. The report claims Wilson -- who played 10 seasons in Seattle -- had a preferred replacement in mind for Carroll ... Sean Payton , who'd just made the decision to leave the New … [Read more...] about Russell Wilson Denies Wanting Pete Carroll Fired, Father Figure To Me

Sarah Polley won her first Oscar for her Women Talking . “First of all, just want to thank the Academy for not being mortally offended by the words women and talking with so close together like that,” she said as her film won the award for Writing (Adapted Screenplay). “Miriam Toews wrote an essential novel about a radical democracy in which people who don’t agree on every single issue managed to sit together in a room and carve out a way forward together free of violence. They do so not just by talking but also by listening,” she added. RELATED: ‘Women Talking’: Read The Screenplay By Sarah Polley That Takes On Remaking “A Broken World” Women Talking , which came from Orion Pictures/United Artists Releasing, beat All Quiet on the Western Front, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Living and Top Gun: Maverick in the category. The win prevented All Quiet On The Western Front, which has been gaining momentum through the night, from becoming the first … [Read more...] about Sarah Polley Thanks Academy For “Not Being Mortally Offended” By The Words “Women” & “Talking” Following Oscar Win