On Friday Kyrie Irving indirectly tried to shoot down the ridiculous notion that he threw a “white girls” only yacht party to celebrate the Cleveland Cavaliers’ championship. On Wednesday, he was much more direct.
The Cavs point guard posted on Facebook about the matter, calling the accusations “ridiculous.”
Here’s what he wrote:
“I’d never think I would have to address something as ridiculous as a yacht party, but I wasn’t raised to discriminate against any race let alone any race of women, especially my own,” said Irving. “I was raised by the black women in my family and for me to be connected to some nonsense like a “No black girls allowed” party is embarrassing and an inaccurate portrayal of who and what I represent as man. I wasn’t going to even address any of this because there are literally a million things going on in the world right now that are far more important, rather than people trying to bring question to my character. I would like to apologize to anyone if they were offended initially without knowing any of what actually happened, but that story has no truth to it and I wanted to clear the air on all of this B.S. And for those who know me, I’m sorry you all had to answer questions about a story as ridiculous as something like this. But now, I would like to continue celebrating this championship. Thank you.”
It is somewhat ridiculous that Irving ended up responding. Think about the origins of the story.
A 30-second video clip circulated last week showing Irving dancing on a yacht. The video panned around the scene which appeared to show mostly white women on the boat. Did that mean there were no black women aboard? No. Did that mean Irving controlled the guest list? No. But folks on social media thought they would be funny and ran with the observation by calling it a “white girls only” party.
Irving subtly responded to those accusations via Instagram last week. This time he handled things head-on.
Here’s the yacht party video and our defense of Irving:
