Too little too late for Kevin Durant. Durant apologized while speaking with reporters Thursday for the language in his Instagram direct messages. But it was all for naught as he was fined today.
“I’m sorry that people seen that language I used,” Durant said. “That’s not really what I want people to see and hear from me, but hopefully I can move past it and get back out on the floor.”
The exchange began all the way back in December when Rapaport tweeted this:
KD seemed deeply in his feelings with the @NBAonTNT crew after the game.
DAMNIT he’s super sensitive about everything.
Don’t do the interview— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) December 23, 2020
The tweet was in reference to this interview, in which Durant spoke with TNT’s “Inside the NBA” crew while looking down at the floor.
The NBA on TNT crew just roasted Kevin Durant's postgame interview because they thought it was low energy 👀 pic.twitter.com/eA69Pz9Ylw
— Sam Hustis (@SamHustis) December 23, 2020
Durant got hit with a 50 grand fine just a little bit ago:
NBA is fining Kevin Durant $50K for using “offensive and derogatory language” in his social media exchange with Michael Rapaport pic.twitter.com/oTa8ymSknB
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 2, 2021
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Twitter reacted to the news:
He got fined for free speech…I hate politics bro https://t.co/er59AU74re
— Ron G (@doa_rong) April 2, 2021
Whack as hell Rap really the feds for this https://t.co/Wt2UbISxGr
— Kenny (@iamkingkent) April 2, 2021
@NBA this some corny shit. https://t.co/ms802ZXlHF
— Jeffé Huncho (@OhhGod_Tilts) April 2, 2021
Key Word “leaked” https://t.co/YPIPJHZJXI
— chris (@CVeltchev) April 2, 2021
This is dumb https://t.co/uZrBtkxpF0
— Omni Nig ❼ (@TimmyLeTiger) April 2, 2021
— Champ🦍 (@LilFord_) April 2, 2021
Bruh wtf hell naw https://t.co/Dedwltao6m
— Colby 💱4️⃣🚀 (@that_polokid400) April 2, 2021
Kevin Durant, fined the same amount of money for calling a person harassing him for months a dicksucker in a dm, as Meyers Leonard who screamed “you fucking k*ke” at the top of his lungs on a twitch stream. The NBA and Adam Silver are absolute clowns. https://t.co/dREJXuf6qC
— DJ⚫️⚪️ (@kingdj_5297) April 2, 2021
michael rapaport is a fucking loser https://t.co/IWF71b3qHO
— T.Ray (@Rone_TheMotive) April 2, 2021
Man what?!! Nah brah Rapaport bitch ass need to gone head pay that ticket or no NBA player should ever interact with his clown ass ever again https://t.co/xYk0Oyastv
— C Dot Hall of The Standouts (@cdothall) April 2, 2021
Kevin Durant on his way to Michael Rapaport’s house: pic.twitter.com/W65nDAgfEm
— In My Mind (@MeAloneInMyMind) March 30, 2021
Lmao Nick Young chimes in on the Kevin Durant-Michael Rapaport feud 🤣 pic.twitter.com/I68kmhq7lO
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) April 1, 2021
So he gotta pay cus a bitch ass human leaked private conversations. Shit is crazy. He got it tho https://t.co/YklcWF1M9w
— $ Dave 🦈🏁 (@__fetti) April 2, 2021
Michael rapaport anytime Kevin Durant breathes in his direction: pic.twitter.com/iOlNzoTyJo
— Birthright (@birth__right) April 2, 2021
Friendly reminder that Michael Rapaport is a bitch.
— Malcolm Xcellent (@J_Nova_Kane) April 2, 2021
Family, I have called that racist a** Michael Rapaport out for YEARS for his fake “yo, yo, yo, homeboy” routine.
He has always done and said little slick anti-Black nonsense, and tries to hide his racism behind his Black wife 🛏🔧 https://t.co/NPkRXaXaj9
— Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 (@tariqnasheed) April 2, 2021
Michael Rapaport is like that kid who wants to be cool but when he gets his feeling hurt he is gonna run and tell it. #bitchassness
— Sha' Okafor (@shahall34) April 2, 2021
KD after going into Michael Rapaport’s DMs with all 50 of his burner accounts pic.twitter.com/JXqRHY3zi4
— Stephen A. Smith Burner (@SASBurnerAcct) April 2, 2021
https://twitter.com/GolfGuyMO/status/1377978561282330624
LMAO
imagine getting fined $50k for calling michael rapaport a bitch in insta DMs
what a world we live in https://t.co/R9ng0rkiZA
— Ken Chen (@Hot_Bid) April 2, 2021
Being fined for messages that were supposed to be private is a slippery slope.
Were some of the messages inappropriate? Sure. But that’s between him and Rapaport.
The actor definitely won’t be receiving any DM’s from athletes ever again.
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