The sports community is reeling as NBA star Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday morning, and one MSNBC reporter caught a bunch of hell after what she stated live on the air.
A Twitter user shared a video of the reporter getting mixed up when talking about the Lakers and referred to them as the “Los Angeles Ni–ers.”
Alison Morris is the MSNBC reporter and she went to Twitter to apologize for the incident and explain what happened.
“Earlier today, while reporting on the tragic news of Kobe Bryant’s passing, I unfortunately stuttered on air, combining the names of the Knicks and the Lakers to say ‘Nakers.’ Please know I did not & would NEVER use a racist term. I apologize for the confusion this caused.”
