Ex-UFC superstar calls 2013 post boosting Sandy Hook conspiracy theory video her ‘most regrettable decision’
superstar Ronda Rousey has issued her most detailed apology yet for having once engaged in Sandy Hook school shooting denialism after Reddit users inundated her with criticism during a question-and-answer session on the platform.with questions and disapproval about her having spread misinformation baselessly challenging the veracity of the 2012 attack in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 20 schoolchildren.
Rousey’s statement alluded to how she took down her reposting of the video – which she initially hailed as “extremely interesting and must-watch” – when she was met with backlash. She also apologized tepidly by writing: “I never meant to insult or hurt anyone, sorry if anyone was offended, it was not my intention in the least.” But she realized by then “the damage was done”, she said on Friday.
Rousey, 37, also said she wanted to include a version of the longer apology in her recent memoir Our Fight, but her publisher successfully “begged” her to cut it from the finished product out of fear that it would be detrimental rather than helpful. “I can’t even begin to imagine the pain you’ve endured and words cannot describe how thoroughly remorseful and ashamed I am of myself for contributing to it. I’ve regretted it every day of my life since and will continue to do so until the day I die.”
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