Kasey Funderburg has finally broken her silence.
She apologized Wednesday for using “offensive language” in resurfaced tweets. Funderberg, who resigned last week as a sports reporter for the University of Tennessee and as a Vol Network sideline reporter, called her previous comments “unacceptable and ignorant.”
She also made it clear she was in high school when these tweets got resurfaced.
“The comments I tweeted as a high school student were unacceptable and ignorant. I sincerely apologize for using offensive language and to anyone I hurt or offended with those remarks. I take full responsibility for my actions. This language is not appropriate in any context and has not been part of my vocabulary since then.”
To stop from being trolled, she turned comments off and only people can quote tweet her response. The 26-year-old Funderburg parted ways with the network after alleged past tweets from 2013 and 2014 using racial slurs surfaced.
“At the University of Tennessee, I worked in the athletic department and joined the University’s Diversity and Inclusion group which afforded me the opportunity to learn additional valuable lessons about the viewpoints of people from different races, cultures, and countries, as well as the strength that such diversity provides,” Funderburg’s statement read.
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“Moving forward, I will continue my work to be a better ally so that I may promote a more inclusive society where everyone is welcome. Thank you to all the University of Tennessee teams I covered, my co-workers and fans who have supported me over the years. I remain grateful. Sincerely, Kasey.”
The biggest irony of her old tweets being resurfaced was after she called out another Twitter account about its racist joke, saying “it’s disgusting that this person thinks putting out a joke like this is okay.”
Funderburg graduated from UT before she became a full-time employee in the athletics department.
Hopefully she can move past this, but we all know some people will pop back up as soon as she lands on her feet again.
