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Two days after posting a podcast with Ryen Russillo about the protests that followed the killing of George Floyd, Ringer CEO Bill Simmons is apologizing. The two (white) men recorded the podcast before protests started building steam on Sunday, where they were giving their opinions on why the protests were taking place and now has Simmons apologizing.
The New York Daily News posted the text of the Simmons apology for this podcast. “I think I just misread the moment on Sunday night. I was trying to do a shoot the shit, take your mind off things kind of podcast like we would always on Sunday, and the moment was bigger than that. I wish I had had an expert with us that we could have bounced some questions off of and tried to learn from instead of treating the moment like we did. So I apologize for that. Look, I’m 50 years old, I still barely know what I’m doing, I’m still gonna make mistakes, I’m still not gonna to throw a no-hitter every step of the way. The only thing I can do is learn from a mistake and try to get better at it.”