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As well as being nicknamed "Silverback", Harrison's teammates also call him Deebo, after the character from the Friday movies.
He has two children, James Harrison III, born in 2007, and Henry, born in 2009.
Harrison elected not to visit the White House with the rest of the team after the Steelers won Super Bowl XLIII. Skipping the visit gained some media attention, as Harrison said that Barack Obama (who supported the Steelers in the game and considers his second favorite NFL team after his hometown team, Chicago Bears) would have invited the Arizona Cardinals had they won: "This is how I feel — if you want to see the Pittsburgh Steelers, invite us when we don't win the Super Bowl. As far as I'm concerned, he would've invited Arizona if they had won." Harrison also skipped the team's visit after winning Super Bowl XL when George W. Bush was president.
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