Following the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, LeBron James decided to cause some controversy on social media.
The Lakers superstar shared a Spider-Man meme comparing COVID-19 to the flu and colds.
The meme features three Spider-Man characters pointing at each other, with one reading “coivd,” and the other two reading “cold” and “flu.”
LeBron wrote, “[shrug emoji] help me out folks.”
James faced criticism after he said that he was “very skeptical” about the COVID-19 vaccine before he took it. Per the Guardian, he suggested that it wasn’t his place to tell people to get vaccinated.
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“I don’t talk about other people and what they should do,” he said. “We’re talking about individual bodies. We’re not talking about something political or racism or police brutality. I don’t think I personally should get involved in what other people do for their bodies and livelihoods. … I know what I did for me and my family … But as far as speaking for everybody and their individualities and things they want to do, that’s not my job.”
Along with being on a losing streak, this is just going to bring more unwanted attention during this already tough regular season.
Here’s how the Twitterverse responded to LeBron’s comments:
