Kyrie Irving Walks Back His ‘Trash Kyrie 8 Shoes’ Comments

Kyrie Irving continues to put his foot in his mouth. In a response to an Instagram post that shared photos of the latest edition of Irving’s signature shoe the Kyrie 8, the Brooklyn Nets point guard trashed Nike, claiming to have zero involvement in the sneaker’s design or marketing.

“I have nothing to do with the design or marketing of the upcoming Kyrie 8, IMO these are trash!” Irving wrote on IG. “I have absolutely nothing to do with them! Nike plans to release it without my okay regardless of what I say, so I apologize in advance to all of my sneaker heads and true supporters of the KAI11 brand.”

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Kyrie Irving Absolutely Trashes His New NIKE Kyrie 8'shttps://t.co/IzE2PpOv5G

— SideAction (@SideActionHQ) July 29, 2021

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Not exactly what you want to hear before a big release of a shoe.

Now a week later, Kyrie’s tune has changed a bit. He’s now working with Nike on his new shoe.

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Kyrie Irving's statement after his comments on Nike last week: pic.twitter.com/wuto7w041r

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 3, 2021

Twitter reacted to Kyrie’s latest:

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Nike probably threatened to not pay him per breach of contract but then both sides decided to work together, because you never want to end a multi-million dollar partnership. Idk https://t.co/O3vbmKwpXd

— #Lakers Hoops (@HashtagLakerPod) August 3, 2021

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Kyrie remains a 🤡 https://t.co/Fa2mIkTRA9

— ace (@ace72216852) August 3, 2021

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So they scrapped those sneakers or nah? https://t.co/XdrQD4jtlp

— Drè-sama (@TheBLKAntiHero) August 3, 2021

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I’m so exhausted of Kyrie. Yes, he does amazing philanthropic efforts, but he acts like a damn child the rest of the time. Here’s his “statement” after leaving a ridiculous comment about Nike IN INSTAGRAM COMMENTS ON A SHOE BLOG. https://t.co/OWcm8xRcqH

— Jack Appleby ☕️ (@jappleby) August 3, 2021

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Damn Nike got him to apologize quick https://t.co/8JWz50UgfA

— Trey😎 (@Tr3yI7) August 3, 2021

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LETSSSSS GOOOOO KYRIE 8s gonna be fire 😤😤😤 https://t.co/njRbB3BVc6

— UNCLE GRIZZ 🔺👁🔺 (@GrizwaldG777) August 3, 2021

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The comment section is just nasty… Good Lord, everything has completely gone to shit out here. https://t.co/hG6TgQhR78

— Man of factos 👍👀 (@NOBEFIGHT) August 3, 2021

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Nike: You want your 🍞 KAI11??
Issue an apology asap! https://t.co/hKFYMFCtec

— C.s (@SilverANDCole) August 3, 2021

I think I can safely speak for everyone on this round planet and say I’m sick of Kyrie and his BS.

The dude needs to stop talking, just hoop man. That’s why we like you to begin with.

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