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Death of Kobe Bryant: Snoop Dogg apologizes after insulting a presenter

2020-02-13T13:08:17.239Z


SCAN SPORT - On Wednesday, rapper Snoop Dogg publicly apologized for insulting CBS presenter Gayle King, who raised the former rape charge against famous basketball player Kobe Bryant.


Rapper Snoop Dogg apologized Wednesday for insulting a famous TV presenter, Gayle King, who raised the former rape charge against basketball star Kobe Bryant, who died on January 26. "I apologize," said the rapper on Instagram, regretting having "publicly demolished" CBS presenter Gayle King, and having been "disrespectful."

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Had a talk with my momma thank u mamma 2 wrongs don't make it right time to heal @gayleking Peace ☮️ n love Praying for u and your family as well as Vanessa and the kids ✨

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The controversy arose from an excerpt from a long interview conducted by Gayle King, host of the channel's much-watched morning show, with Lisa Leslie, one of the stars of WNBA, the North American women's basketball league. ball, and a longtime friend of the deceased player. The excerpt, which aired Tuesday on the channel's Twitter account, is devoted to the rape charge that targeted the Los Angeles Lakers player in 2003.

After the broadcast of the excerpt, Snoop Dogg, a big fan of the Lakers, went wild on Instagram. “What do you have to gain, why are you attacking us, your people?” He had launched to the African-American presenter of CBS, treating her in particular of “p ***”.

In his message of apology, the rapper admits having reacted “excessively”: “I should have managed in another way, I was educated in a much better way. So I would like to apologize publicly, for the vocabulary I used and for calling you all the names, just being disrespectful, "said Snoop Dogg, who introduces himself as a friend of Bryant.

Since his death, references to allegations of sexual abuse dating back to 2003 concerning the world basketball star have aroused strong reactions from his fans. Gayle King received numerous death threats after his interview. The journalist herself criticized her channel for having unwittingly broadcast an extract "completely out of context" from her long interview.

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