On November 3, the Brooklyn Nets confirmed Kyrie Irving would not be on the court as a member of the team for the foreseeable future, stating that he was being forced to sit out for at least five games. The team announced his departure in a statement, per NBC News, saying, “Over the last several days, we have made repeated attempts to work with Kyrie Irving to help him understand the harm and danger of his words and actions, which began with him publicizing a film containing deeply disturbing antisemitic hate.” They added, “We believed that taking the path of education in this challenging situation would be the right one and thought that we had made progress with our joint commitment to eradicating hate and intolerance.” However, the team shared they were left disappointed by how Irving had failed to vehemently say he doesn’t have antisemitic views.
Irving had previously spoken about his controversial promotion of the movie in a follow-up tweet after deleting the initial post which linked to the movie. He wrote on October 29, “I am an OMNIST and I meant no disrespect to anyone’s religious beliefs. The ‘antisemitic’ label that is being pushed on me is not justified and does not reflect the reality or truth I live in everyday. I embrace and want to learn from all walks of life and religions.” He then added a crossed fingers emoji and an infinity symbol emoji.
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