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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