Cappie Pondexter
Over the past weekend, a professional women’s basketball player made a name for herself in precisely the way any athlete would be wise to avoid.
Cappie Pondexter, one of the stars of the WNBA, published the following tweets in response to the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami on her Twitter account. As reported by the Associated Press:
“What if God was tired of the way they treated their own people in there own country! Idk guys he makes no mistakes.”
“u just never knw! They did pearl harbor so u can’t expect anything less.”
Pondexter later posted the following apology:
“I wanna apologize to anyone I may hurt or offended during this tragic time…I didn’t realize that my words could be interpreted in the manner which they were. People that knw me would tell u 1st hand I’m a very spiritual person and believe that everything, even disasters happen 4 a reason and that God will shouldn’t be questioned but this is a very sensitive subject at a very tragic time and I shouldn’t even have given a reason for the choice of words I used.”
“The least thing I wanted was to hurt or offend anyone so again I truly apologize. If you’ve lost respect for me that’s totally fine but please don’t let me or my words lose the respect of u the WNBA and what it stands for.”
“I’m very strong woman evn strong enough 2 admit an apologize when I’m wrong. Twitter is a voice and wth tht I wanna apologize again.”
