The tea is piping hot in Philadelphia.

Eagles star receiver A.J. Brown explained his silence after Philadelphia’s shocking upset loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday — and called a report that he’s the source of “locker room poison” by Marcus Hayes of The Philadelphia Inquirer “bulls–t” on Wednesday.

“The reason why I didn’t speak to the media after the game is, I didn’t want to be negative,” Brown told reporters Wednesday while standing at his locker at the team’s practice facility. “I had already transitioned to a mindset where we were going through a tough time and me being the person I am, I just have to go back to work. Ain’t nothing I could do about it.

“And like I said after the game [against the Cardinals], the way I was raised, if I have nothing good to say, I’m not going to say nothing at all. I’m not trying to make it worse than what it is.”

Brown refused to speak to reporters after a 35-31 loss to Arizona at Lincoln Financial Field, and some speculated he wasn’t happy with being limited to four catches for 53 yards.

Brown explained that his frustration had nothing to do with play calling, but instead over his fellow wideout DeVonta Smith suffering an ankle injury in the fourth quarter. 

“We’re gonna need, I’m gonna need, Smitty moving forward,” he said. “That was it.”

Brown also addressed a Monday report by The Philadelphia Inquirer that the Eagles are dealing with a fractured locker room — and that an anonymous veteran captain complained about Brown’s emotions running high.

“Any time you have bad body language from a leader like that, other guys see it, and it’s not good,” one Eagles veteran told the outlet.

Brown was frustrated when he was denied a chance to win the game by head coach Nick Sirianni, according to The Inquirer.

The Eagles ran 26 plays after halftime, and just one of them went to Brown, who was seen visibly upset multiple times on the field.

“At this point, I don’t care. They’re going to create whatever narrative that I’m splitting the locker room and all this s–t,” Brown said. “That’s bulls–t.

“Honestly, I’m kind of glad, what’s his name? What’s that reporter’s name? Marcus [Hayes].

“I’m kind of glad he’s not here because I was gonna ask him because I wanted to know, like, who’s saying that? Because I was going to ask him because I want to know who’s saying that, because I know my teammates are riding for me and I’m riding for them.”

As a team captain, Brown said he felt the need to apologize to his teammates “because they shouldn’t have to answer questions on my behalf. I’m a man. I can speak for myself.”

The 26-year-old two-time Pro Bowler explained that he’s focused on winning games and preparing to face the New York Giants on Sunday.

“I’m not just going to continue to compound the negative with negative so you guys can write more negative stuff,” Brown said. “You guys watch the game, too. You guys already know. So that’s why I was like, nothing more than I can say. I’m not trying to make it worse than what it is.

“And then on top of that, everything that I do, if I say something, I do anything. I’m classified as a monster. Honestly the opposite. You saw my frustration on the field. It wasn’t about the play call. It wasn’t about none of that. It was about my guy [Smith] getting banged up.”

Brown put together an escape room for this team last week as a bonding event.

“We had a whole team, escape room thing just to build camaraderie… That was A.J.,” Eagles’ offensive lineman Jordan Mailata said Tuesday during an appearance on SportsRadio 94WIP. “All this talk about A.J. not being leader…you guys don’t know him like we do. He’s a great leader.”

Sirianni stressed the importance of keeping together as a team after Sunday’s loss.

“Stick together. Stick together. Everyone’s got to stick together,” Sirianni said. “I think there’s going to be a lot of people trying to point the finger at different things.

“Everybody’s got to stick together, right? We win as a team. We lose as a team. And together is the most important thing that we can be right now.”

The Eagles will finish the regular season against the New York Giants at 4:25 p.m. ET at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.