Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard was playing Call of Duty: Warzone on his Twitch channel Monday when, during the heat of battle, the 29-year-old belted out an antisemitic insult.
His outburst was live-streamed and then promoted to his 177,000 Twitter followers.
“Fu**ing cowards. Don’t fu**ing snipe me, you fu**ing k**e bit*h,” he said. The tirade was disturbing and for some, further confirmation that Leonard is a bigot.
He refused to kneel with his teammates last year during the national anthem but says it was out of respect for his brother in the military.
He responded to criticism by saying, “I am a compassionate human being and I truly love all people. … I will continue to use my platform, my voice and my actions to show how much I care about the African American culture and for everyone.”
Why are you all surprised that Myers Leonard used anti semitic slur. Last time I checked actions speak louder than… https://t.co/sqq8XhPrIB
On Tuesday, the video went viral and he was condemned by the Heat and NBA for the incident. In a statement, the Heat announced Leonard would be away from the team “indefinitely.”
The Heat are owned by Micky Arison, a prominent Israeli-American businessman.
“I am deeply sorry for using an anti-Semitic slur during a livestream yesterday,” Leonard responded on Instagram.
“While I didn’t know what the word meant at the time, my ignorance about its history and how offensive it is to the Jewish community is absolutely not an excuse and I was just wrong,” he continued. “I am now more aware of its meaning and I am committed to properly seeking out people who can help educate me about this type of hate and how we can fight it.”
New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman responded to Leonard’s request for someone to educate him by writing an open letter on Twitter.
An open letter to @MeyersLeonard https://t.co/bJcoupfbur
“I’m sure you’ve been getting lots of criticism for what you said,” Edelman wrote. “Not trying to add to that, I just want to offer some perspective.”
“I get the sense that you didn’t use that word out of hate, more out of ignorance. Most likely, you weren’t trying to hurt anyone or even profile Jews in your comment. That’s what makes it so destructive.”
Edelman continued, “When someone intends to be hateful, it’s usually met with great resistance. Casual ignorance is harder to combat and has greater reach, especially when you command great influence.”
“Hate is like a virus. Even accidentally, it can rapidly spread.”
Edelman ended his letter with an offer to Leonard — “I’m down in Miami fairly often. Let’s do a Shabbat dinner with some friends I’ll show you a fun time.”
Shabbat dinner is a tradition for Jewish families that happens Friday nights in preparation for Saturday, the Jewish day of rest. It’s a spiritual event commemorated with traditional foods, blessings, and a candle-lighting ceremony.
Edelman’s open letter is powerful because, in today’s world where people are so quick to “cancel” others, he took the opportunity to educate Leonard instead. In a broader view, it communicates to the world that people are redeemable, and sometimes, what we see as hate may simply be stupidity.
It also doesn’t play into the hands of bigots who tend to rally around those who get caught being xenophobic. If Leonard takes Edelman up on his offer, it shows the bigots he’s not on their side.
It’s worth noting that Edelman’s response mirrors the advice prescribed by the Anti-Defamation League. “The issue boils down to respect — respect for and acceptance of people who are different,” the ADL says in its “Confronting Antisemitism” handbook. “Some say that words cannot hurt, but unthinking comments that stem from ignorance can catch on and become more dangerous.”
The New England Patriot was raised Christian but has embraced his paternal great-grandfather’s Jewish roots over the past few years. Edelman says he speaks with a Rabbi Yossi in Los Angeles on a weekly basis.
Last year, Edelman told Los Angeles Magazine that, at the age of 33, he was studying for his Bar Mitzvah, a rite of passage for 13-year-old Jewish males that signifies the beginning of adulthood.
But after considering Edelman’s response to Leonard, one can say that a Bar Mitzvah would just be customary at this point. His thoughtful, constructive response to an incident of antisemitism proves he’s already quite the mensch.
It’s been a rough few weeks for conservatives. They’ve spent most of it apoplectic — not over a nation still struggling through a once-in-a-century pandemic, but about toys and children’s entertainment. First it was the Muppets, then it was Mr. Potato Head, then Dr. Seuss, then Pepé Le Pew. Were they “canceled”? Nope. They’re still around, though some have been modified in some fashion to fit the very different present. (For instance, a handful of Muppet Show episodes now have warnings but are able to be watched uncut and in full. But you tell that to Don Jr.) Now there’s some more kiddie content that’s been flagged: a small number of old Disney movies.
As per IGN, Disney+ decided to install a new feature on certain films on their service. From now on, the animated film Peter Pan, Dumbo, and The Aristocats — plus the 1962 live-action take on The Swiss Family Robinson — will be excluded the accounts of children under 7. The reason? They have some racist stuff in them. For instance, their 1953 version of Peter Pan has long been criticized for its depictions of Native Americans, including the song “What Made the Red Man Red?” Dumbo, from 1941, has those crows, which were based on African-American stereotypes, and include one actually named “Jim Crow.”
Does that mean these films are being disappeared? Nope! They will remain on the service, with a disclaimer at the beginning, which reads in part, “These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together Disney is committed to creating stories with inspirational and aspirational themes that reflect the rich diversity of the human experience around the globe.”
Warner Bros. has long had a similar disclaimer on certain sets of Looney Tunes cartoons, a number of which feature racist content, which stated that the cartoons “are being presented as they were originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed.” They’ve done similar things like films like Gone with the Wind, which remains on HBO Max.
But then this comes a couple weeks into a trend of children’s entertainment being flagged. None of those were exactly silenced either. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Potato Head went gender neutral. Only six Dr. Seuss books were pulled from the marketplace but still exist in libraries. And Pepé Le Pew simply won’t have new adventures, such as in the forthcoming Space Jam: A New Legacy.
But that didn’t stop conservatives from being pissed anyway. They received a counter backlash, with people wishing they’d care about more important matters.
I wish Republicans cared as much about people’s access to healthcare, livable wages and the ballot box as they do about access to Dr Seuss books and Peter Pan.
Or remember the long, long, long history of conservatives boycotting (i.e., “canceling”) things in the past.
“Disney + requiring adult approval for under 7s to watch Peter Pan, Dumbo, etc with racially insensitive scenes is CANCEL CULTURE!” – say people who boycotted Disney for Ellen coming out, Duck Tales’ gay dads, gay LeFou, and health benefits for live-in partners of gay employees.
The Right: “Where are the PARENTS? Why arent people parenting their own children? Where is the personal accountability!?!”
Also the Right: “Why are PARENTS deciding whether to let their kids watch Peter Pan and Dumbo? CANCEL CUTURE!!”
— Richard Rowe for Congress (@ReforgeAmerica) March 10, 2021
Some even summed up their last few weeks of outrage.
Over the last week or so, the party that sees itself as the more “mature, dignified” one has gotten all worked up about a potato toy, Dr. Seuss, Peter Pan, and Dumbo.
Bottom line: If you’re reading this article, there’s an excellent chance you can still watch Peter Pan or Dumbo. And even if you can’t, all you have to do is beg your parents to switch to their own account, for people who are older than 7 years old.
Late last year, Tessa Thompson caused a minor stir when she casually dropped the news that Michael B. Jordan would be directing the third Creed himself. Now it’s official: Variety reports that Jordan is set to make the threequel his directorial debut, all while directing himself.
Jordan is following a tradition began by the boxing series’ parent franchise, the Rocky films, four of which were directed by Stallone himself. (Sly also wrote — and won an Oscar for writing — the first one, which was directed by John G. Avildsen. He returned for the fifth round.)
Both Thompson and Phylicia Rachad, who plays his wife and mother, are set to return, though it’s unclear if Stallone will, too. He claimed Creed II would be his farewell to the character that first made him famous, he’s made such proclamations before. (You may not remember that 1996’s Daylight was supposed to be his action swan song. That one didn’t last long.)
Time will tell if Jordan goes the full Stallone, which is to say directing the sequel to some dance movie blockbuster, as Sly did when he made Staying Alive, the non-disco follow-up to Saturday Night Fever. In the meantime, the story will be based on an outline by Ryan Coogler, who started the Creed wing of the Rocky franchise, and written by his brother Keenan (who’s also writing Space Jam: A New Legacy) and Zach Baylin (King Richard). But looks like Jordan’s got it from here.
Do you know how long Grey’s Anatomy has been on the air? The answer may surprise you. It aired in 2005, three whole presidents ago, which means that the next season, which just got greenlit, will make it 17. (If that sounds old, then consider The Simpsons is scheduled to last until it’s at least 34.) But this isn’t just your typical new season news. There’s a possibility this could the final season for the long-running medical drama. Though it could also not be. But maybe it is. Unless it’s not.
Showrunner Krista Vernoff told The Hollywood Reporter that she’s planning it so it could end or not. “I’m planning a season and a finale that could function as either a season finale or a series finale,” Vernoff said. “I’m planning for both contingencies and it’s hard and it’s not ideal. It’s not where I wish we were.”
When it premiered back in a much, much different era, Grey’s Anatomy was an instant sensation, and it remains so today: As per THR, it remains ABC’s top drama series. Its star, Ellen Pompeo, is currently the highest paid actress in television, though she had to fight for that, and she’s been outspoken about other female performers doing the same.
So you’ll be seeing more of Pompeo’s Meredith Grey, but it’s not clear exactly how much more. Could be one more season. It could be five. Maybe it will never go off the air, outlasting even The Simpsons. Stay tuned for more (or less)!
Ready for a crappy stat? Of the 172 people who have earned the Master Sommelier title through the Court of Master Sommeliers’ Americas chapter, only 28 are women. When it comes to actual winemaking, the figures are even starker. Of the more than 4,000 wineries scattered across California, only 10 percent operate under the guidance of head winemakers who identify as women. And only four percent of all wineries are actually owned by women, according to Lucia Albino Gilbert and John C. Gilbert’s 2020 book, Women Winemakers: Personal Odysseys.
As far as creating equal opportunities and the empowerment of women goes, the wine industry—like many others—has been sluggish at best. The problem extends across all sectors of the industry, from winemaking to importing and distributing on down to the sommeliers. Simply put, the industry could use some change.
There are some folks who are helping increase the visibility of women in wine, though. Folks like Alexandra Schrecengost — the founder and owner of Virtual With Us, a women-led hospitality company that hosts virtual wine tastings and cooking events for brands looking to entertain prospective clients and boost team-building among employees. Just months after launching a wine-centric company during (!) a global pandemic, Schrecengost has built a team of women who know their vino and are dedicated to fostering a more inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and identities in the field.
“Change has been a little slow because of the industry itself,” Schrecengost says. “There is a lot of women supporting women, but I think the other side of that is the need for more men to stand up for women in terms of pay grade and position. If a lot more of the male leadership started to step forward too, things could only get better. I haven’t seen enough of that.”
Through Virtual With Us, Schrencengost highlights female sommeliers, who lead the company-wide wine tastings. Female chefs are in charge of the cooking component, and whenever a chocolate pairing is involved, Schrencengost sources from 2 Chicks With Chocolate, a mother and daughter-duo making chocolates and treats out of their New Jersey shop. Recently, Virtual With Us partnered with Johnson & Johnson for an International Women’s Day wine tasting the company held for its employees, during which Schrencengost showcased wines by the Robin and Andrea McBride of McBride Sisters Collection as well as Laura Catena of Bodega Catena Zapata.
With all the attention women are receiving throughout Women’s History month, it’s only right that some of the boss ladies who are putting their imprint on the wine industry get a proper shout-out. To go with Schrencengost’s two picks above, we rounded up six more winemakers (total of eight!) who have proven that women can lead in wine — and shown that via the fabulous bottles they produce, year after year. If you want to show your support while getting more women-made* wines on your dinner table, I’ve linked where you can purchase each bottle in the price points listed below.
*Not all of these women are winemakers for labels that they own.
Sisters Robin and Andrea McBride may have launched their label McBride Sisters Collection to share the joy of wine with drinkers around the globe, but their dedication to female empowerment has put the sisters front and center in the march for change.
“These are women of color that came into an industry that’s predominately male, but they’ve really shown how they support women,” Schrencengost notes. “They have their scholarships and their funding initiatives that women can apply for if they’re starting their own business. They’re trying to support women in the industry by funding them.”
The Wine:
This charming pale golden wine is made of 100 percent chardonnay. Tropical aromas are on full display while the palate is drenched in flavors of ripe stone and citrus fruits like apples, pears, and lemon. Overall, the wine maintains a creamy texture and features a slight hint of oak in the finish.
Laura Catena spent her childhood at her grandfather’s winery in Mendoza, Argentina. Although she got a medical degree from Harvard University, Catena’s love for wine lured her back to the family business. While she works as a fourth-generation winemaker, Catena is also a co-founder of the Catena Wine Institute, which specializes in wine education with a specific focus on Argentinian wines.
The Wine:
Made of 100 percent malbec grapes, this purplish-red wine is busy with aromas of red and blackberries and fresh florals like lavender and violet while the palate is juicy with black and blueberry notes. A hit of cinnamon and nutmeg on the back end gives the wine a kick that gets rounded out with flinty minerality and fleshy tannins—the naturally occurring polyphenol found in fruit skins and seeds that inform a wine’s astringency—in the exceptionally long finish.
Sonoma State University alum Jamie Benziger serves as the head winemaker at Imagery Estate Winery in Sonoma, California. She took over the role following her father and Imagery founder Joe Benziger’s retirement in 2017. Since then, Jamie Benziger has helped put the winery on the map. She won the Best Woman Winemaker award at the 2019 International Women’s Wine Competition and was recently featured on Wine Enthusiast’s list of “40 Under 40 Tastemakers.”
The Wine:
You can’t miss the fruit aromas jumping out of a bottle of this 100 percent pinot noir wine. It’s fresh with aromas of jammy strawberries and blueberries. The berries are the star players on the palate too, but they get a savory lift from notes of white pepper and rose petals. A dash of acidity, chewy tannins and a hint of oak in the quick finish only adds to the wine’s character.
Before Anne Dempsey became the head winemaker for Skyside Wines in Northern California, she studied viticulture and enology at the University of California, Davis and made vino in New Zealand and South Africa. Dempsey’s immense understanding of terroir—aspects of a region’s climate, soils, and terrain that impact the taste of the wine—has led her to produce stunning wines that fully convey the varying nuances of California’s landscape for more than a decade.
The Wine:
This wine is comprised of merlot, syrah, cabernet sauvignon, malbec, and petite sirah. The fruit is picked from Skyside vineyards across Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake, Solano, and Napa counties. The differing climates and landscapes of the vineyards shape the wine’s robust character. Baking spices and florals inform the aroma on this deep red wine, while intense flavors of ripe black and blue fruits, oak and dark chocolate influence the taste. Velvety tannins and a spritz of acid meet somewhere in the middle and extend into a long and lingering, smooth finish.
Austria native Julia Prestia is the owner and head winemaker of Venturini Baldini, a winery that specializes in lambrusco and sparkling wine in the Emilia-Romagna region of the country. Since taking over the company in 2015, Prestia has continued the winery’s mission towards organic and sustainable viticulture as Venturini Baldini was among the first Italian producers to make wines through entirely organic production. Through her guidance, the winery won the highest honor in the Lambrusco category when they were awarded a Tre Bicchieri (an Italian wine award) in 2018.
The Wine:
This medium-bodied sparkling red wine is made of Salamino grapes grown on sandy clay soil. It is thoroughly fresh, with fragrances of cranberry, black cherry, and garden herbs like spicy cilantro, basil, and thyme. On the palate, the wine is slightly dry with a hint of tart red berry. The bubbles are refined and persistent from the first pour to the last sip.
As a pre-med student at the University of California, Davis, Brittany Sherwood was merely fulfilling a course credit when she took a wine class during undergrad. Who knew it would lead her to shift her major to viticulture and enology and eventually land her a winemaker position at the renowned California winery, Heitz Cellar. Sherwood has been with the company since 2012. Prior to that, her studies led her to work in wine programs in France, Germany, Switzerland, and Spain, and intern in Oregon’s famous Willamette Valley.
Sherwood has helped maintain the Heitz Cellar’s shining reputation by creating superior California cabernet sauvignons among other wine varieties, and she is slated to launch a new Napa-based wine with the owners of Heitz Cellar later this year.
The Wine:
Open the bottle of this cabernet sauvignon and you’ll be greeted with aromas of raspberries and licorice. This wine is plush with flavors of cassis and star anise that mingle with notes of black plums, black currants, and nutmeg. It’s an elegant, sturdy wine with structured tannins that lend to its complexity and body. The finish is polished and long.
Sharon Fenchak made wines across America before she joined the Biltmore Estates team in 1999. After years of helping craft a range of beautiful wines, she was promoted to the head winemaker role at the North Carolina winery in 2018.
The Wine:
This is a bright, full-bodied chardonnay that is oozing with tropical fruit aromas and buttered bread taste. The fragrance is loaded with smells of lemon, lime, and guava fruit. The palate is dotted with flavors of marmalade, apple butter, and vanilla, while a subtle note of oak on the backend of the wine continues throughout its lengthy finish.
Megan McCollough joined Smith & Hook as an assistant winemaker back in 2011. With a penchant for cabernet sauvignon and a background in enology, she’s helped the team there develop innovative approaches to sourcing and producing the red wines she loves along California’s Central Coast. Her efforts paid off in 2017 when she was promoted to head winemaker, leading her to foster a partnership with grape growers of Paicines AVA of San Benito County—one of the many fruit sources that now informs Smith & Hook’s notable taste.
The Wine:
This ruby-red blend of merlot, petite syrah, malbec, and cabernet sauvignon is made from grapes grown across three appellations of the Central Coast: Arroyo Seco, Santa Lucia Highlands, and San Antonio Valley. It’s a luscious and rich wine full of black cherry, blackberry, cocoa bean, and cola aromas while the palate is rich with dried cherries, bramble berries, and just a wee bit of slate surfacing in the silky finish.
American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy offered fans their first look at Macaulay Culkin‘s character in the upcoming tenth(!) season that’s currently filming in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Much like the new storyline, there are has been very little in the way of details for Culkin’s character, who will be joined by Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Billie Lourd, Adina Porter, Lily Rabe, Angelica Ross, and Finn Wittrock. Also joining the cast are Evan Peters, hot off his fan-favorite role in WandaVision, and AHS series regular Leslie Grossman, who also pops up in the first look at Culkin’s mystery role.
You can see Murphy’s Instagram post below, which he simply captioned, “Something wicked this way comes.”
As for how Murphy managed to land the Home Alone star, all it took was one phone call and the promise of getting very up close and personal with Kathy Bates. That’s all Culkin needed to hear to sign on to the anthology series.
“So, I have this very, very great insane part. And I asked to speak to him on the phone and he said OK,” Murphy told E! Online. “[When] I cast, I never let people read things, usually. I said, ‘OK, here’s the pitch.’ And I told them the character and I told him he has crazy, erotic sex with Kathy Bates and does other things. And he paused and he goes, ‘This sounds like the role I was born to play.’ So, he signed up right then and there.”
There’s only one politician who can unite us now: the Joker.
Yuusuke Kawai is running for governor of the Chiba Prefecture in Japan, the home of Tokyo Disneyland. Unsurprisingly, some of his platforms are Disney-related, including re-naming Narita International Airport to “Disney Sky” (a nod to DisneySea, considered the greatest theme park in the world) and making Frozen‘s “Let It Go” the official theme song of Chiba. Also, Kawai wants to replace the word “trash” with “star fragment” and, oh yeah, he’s dressed like the Joker. Not just any Joker, either, but Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker. “Since the clown is kind of a dark hero, I had this impression that I could get the support of the masses,” the edgelord politician explained to Tokyo Sports. “I’m going to aim for laughs. Even if [I] talked [as] my true self, it wouldn’t be news.”
Honestly, he sounds like a better governor than his competitor:
Yuusuke Kawai announced his candidacy with the Party to Make All of Chiba a Land of Dreams and Magic with an agenda that appeared intent on riling up his rival candidate, Masayuki Hiratsuka. His opponent — a former Protect the Nation from NHK member — is the current head of the People’s Sovereignty Party, known for its anti-mask stance and slogans such as “COVID-19 is just a cold” and “Vaccines are dangerous.”
In response to the anti-maskers, Kawai said, “Just getting colds is not pleasant,” adding “that masks can also prevent seasonal allergies and that some people like wearing masks to cover their faces,” according to the New York Post. He also has a music video.
He has my tWiStEd vote (as long as he swaps “Let It Go” for “Poor Unfortunate Souls”).
South ParQ Vaccination Special (Comedy Central 8:00pm) — Following the success of last year’s The Pandemic Special, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are back with the gang, and of course, everyone in South ParQ wants to get this dang vaccine. And that’s great! Well, other than (according to the synopsis) “[a] hilarious new militant group tries to stop the boys from getting their teacher vaccinated.” That group must be QAnon or something like it, and from the looks of the special’s preview, Butters is fully on board with the conspiracy theories.
Last Chance U: Basketball (Netflix series) — The Emmy-winning franchise returns with a gritty look into community college basketball. The players all want to rise to the next level and achieve dreams, but first, those damn personal demons and warring emotions happen on and off thecourt, all while the East Los Angeles College Huskies set their sights upon an unprecedented California state basketball championship.
Dealer (Netflix series) — It’s a bloody gang war, y’all, and it’s all happening in the South of France, which sounds wild enough, but this show also revolves around two filmmakers, including a music video director who’s filming a drug gang leader with far too much charisma and not enough predictability inside, and he also wants to bust into the rap scene. This series hopes to thrill you with a fast pace and a found-footage feel.
Marriage or Mortgage (Netflix series) — You know those people who spend so much. money on their wedding that they might as well have bought a house? Yeah, that’s what’s happening here, although there’s plenty of wisdom here from a real estate agent who’s hoping to help couples avoid dumping their cash into a freaking party with a fancy-ass cake. Yet of course, the real estate agent has to beat the voice of a hopeless-romantic wedding planner, and this sounds like a clash for the ages. HGTV, this ain’t.
Snowfall: Season 4 Premiere (FX, 10:00pm) — The John Singleton-co-created series sees Franklin’s troubles move past the gang warfare in the mid 1980s, Reagan-era streets of America, although now, his missteps put Leon in danger. Meanwhile, Teddy’s attempting to avoid fallout from Tijuana, and Irene’s in investigative mode.
Resident Alien (SyFy, 10:30pm) — Alan Tudyk (Firefly, Rogue One) is an alien, Harry, who’s pretending to be a doctor. This week, Harry fears he’s about to fail, so he finds an unlikely ally.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Kevin Bacon, Travon Free, Daya
The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon — Norman Reedus, Charlie And Dixie D’Amelio, Mike Vecchione
The Late Late Show With James Corden — Trevor Noah, Grouplove
Late Night With Seth Meyers — Audra McDonald, Fruit Bats, John Herndon
In case you missed this pick last Wednesday:
Murder Among The Mormons (Netflix series) — Salt Lake City is struck by a series of fatal pipe bombs in 1985, and it’s easily one of the most shocking happenings in the history of the Mormon community. A criminal mastermind is to blame, and clues spring from early Mormon documents and diaries found scattered amid a rare document collection that’s in possession of one of the victims. This is a three-part miniseries and a true-crime documentary that digs into territory seldom seen for a genre that tends to focus on spooks and serial killers. Here, the main crimes in question went down in broad daylight, but as the episodes unfold, the darkness of what sparked these stunning killings slowly rises to the surface.
After delaying the release of their icy “Aspen” video last Friday, Key Glock and Young Dolph are finally ready to hit the slopes. Taking over a cabin on a snowy mountainside, the two Memphis rappers canoodle with some models, have a snowball fight, and tote snowboards to the ski lift (although, in typical rapper fashion, we never do get to see those snowboards get used — call it a liability issue). The video is the first from the duo’s upcoming joint album Dum And Dummer 2, which doesn’t have a release date as yet.
Despite being the first official single from Dum And Dummer 2, “Aspen” was far from Dolph and his protege’s first collaboration of 2021. In February, they teamed up for the video to “Green Light” from the deluxe version of Dolph’s album Rich Slave. Later on in February, they released “Case Closed,” a new crossover unattached to any official releases, but which will likely land on the upcoming joint album.
Meanwhile, Key started off the year with a pair of solo tracks, “Off The Porch” and “I’m The Type,” portending a big year for the 23-year-old rapper. His mentor and label boss, Young Dolph, dropped solo videos for “Large Amounts” and “To Be Honest” before shifting gears to their joint venture.
Watch “Aspen” above. Dum And Dummer 2 is due this year on Paper Route EMPIRE.
In addition to the Heat sending him away from the team indefinitely, Twitch also banned him, and FaZe Clan, the gaming organization he owned a stake in, cut ties with him. Leonard released an apology after his use of the slur went viral, claiming he was ignorant to the history of the word and that he was wrong to use it. Still, the NBA is conducting an investigation, and the Heat have thoroughly denounced his use of what the team called “hate speech.”
However, Edelman, who is Jewish, is extending an olive branch to Leonard in hopes to educate the Heat center and give him a more nuanced perspective on the history of the word and its hateful nature. Edelman did something similar when DeSean Jackson made anti-Semitic remarks last fall, inviting Jackson to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
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