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Report: Facebook encouraged Antonio Brown to live stream locker room celebration

When Antonio Brown streamed the Steelers’ locker room celebration last week on Facebook Live, he was encouraged to do so by Facebook, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio reports.

“Facebook actually encouraged Brown to engage in a Facebook Live session from the locker room after the game,” Florio reports, citing a league source.

Brown has a marketing deal “worth in the high six-figures,” NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports.

Brown turned the camera on just after Pittsburgh’s win over the Chiefs in Kansas City. The video made waves after it captured head coach Mike Tomlin, during his postgame speech, referring to the Patriots as “those a--holes.