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Five months after appearing on "The View" to support a 13-year-old boy who had been attacked by classmates, Eagles Pro Bowl receiver DeSean Jackson is making off-the-field headlines of a different nature.

And he's taken a defensive stance in the aftermath.

Jackson, appearing on a hip-hop radio show late last month, used a multiword gay slur in response to a berating caller.

Jackson took calls on Sirius XM's "All Out Show with Rude Jude and Lord Sear" on June 30, replying in passing to a derogatory question about Jackson's toughness. Jackson responded, "What kind of question is that?" followed by the gay slurs.

Jackson issued a statement Saturday, saying he meant no harm.

"In a recent radio interview a caller got really confrontational with me," Jackson said through a spokesperson. "I got very heated with the caller, took it a bit too far and did not mean to offend anybody. I meant no disrespect and a better choice of words was needed."

Responding presumably to accounts of his comments in the media, Jackson took to Twitter on Friday night, saying he was "standing tall" despite the negative publicity.

"In a recent radio interview a caller got really confrontational with me," Jackson said through a spokesperson. "I got very heated with the caller, took it a bit too far and did not mean to offend anybody. I meant no disrespect and a better choice of words was needed."