Kyrie Irving still won’t apologize: ‘I cannot be anti-Semitic’

Kyrie Irving still would not directly apologize Thursday for a social media post about an anti-Semitic film.

If there was a way to make the situation surrounding Kyrie Irving any worse, Irving did so on Thursday.

In a train wreck of a six-minute press conference, which was ended abruptly by the Nets, Irving refused to apologize, say he doesn’t hold anti-Semitic beliefs or say that the Holocaust happened as a historical event just a day after the team tried to put the whole episode behind them by releasing a, with Irving and the Nets organization both pledging money to fight hate speech.

Asked directly whether he holds any anti-Semitic beliefs, Irving said, “I cannot be anti-Semitic if I know where I come from.” Repeatedly asked if he was sorry for retweeting a movie filled with anti-Semitic falsehoods, Irving would only say that he took responsibility and didn’t mean to cause harm — but not that he was sorry.

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