NBC News is apologizing for mixing up Black celebrities. In case you missed it, they used a picture of Kevin Hart on a social media post about Usain Bolt testing positive for coronavirus. It went live yesterday morning, but was updated without Hart’s picture less an hour later.
“Correction: Due to a technical error, the social image on this post mistakenly featured a photo of comedian Kevin Hart,” the network stated. “In the content management system, a social image was not selected, and the system reverted to an image of Hart from an unrelated video. The display image has been corrected.” The post has been shared over 50-thousand times on Facebook.
Kevin’s Insta-response was classic. “I must of gotten really fast & tall overnight,” he said. “I want to take advantage of this moment [and] race anybody in the world. We can bet whatever…I am also no longer doing comedy due to my Olympic training schedule.” Of course, he got serious with, “This is disrespectful on so many levels…all you can do is laugh,” before snapping back with, “Maybe the COVID-19 shrunk his legs [and] torso.” Check out the post below…