Brown keeps his clothes on

THIS time around, it wasn’t Antonio Brown who was topless.

Despite getting unceremoniously fired by his team last week, Brown was a “fun, happy guy” as he dropped new music at a strip club on the Upper East Side on Sunday.

But as usual, drama wasn’t far behind the NFL star — because security was on high alert for a woman he didn’t want to see there.

On Jan. 2, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers star removed his jersey midgame, threw it into the crowd and ran off the field, later claiming that it was in protest against a coach who tried to force him to play even though he had serious ankle pain.

He was kicked off the team, which he helped win the Super Bowl last year.

But by the weekend, Brown was contentedly working on his side hustle as a rapper, celebrating the release of his new song “Pit Not the Palace” at jiggle joint Sapphire.

“He was a fun, happy guy. He was dancing and taking pictures nonstop — engaging with everyone,” a spy told Page Six.

We’re told Brown — who released his debut track “Whole Lotta Money” in 2020 — was welcomed to the strip joint by a flock of photographers, and once inside, “instead of throwing jerseys, he was throwing singles at the dancers and the crowd,” the source said.

When Brown hit the stage to perform the single, accompanied by some of the dancers, roles were reversed, with the crowd throwing money at him.

He even gave them a little striptease by flashing his abs, we’re told.

Meanwhile, insiders told us the club took precautions in case model Ava Louise, who claimed to The Post that she and Brown hooked up before his on-field meltdown, was spotted at the venue.

“There were strict instructions not to let her in,” the insider said. “A few girls who looked liked her weren’t allowed in because they weren’t sure” if they were Louise.