On Sunday afternoon Kobe Bryant and his daughter died tragically in a helicopter crash while heading towards the Mamba academy for a basketball game.
While reporting on the news MSNBC reporter fumbled her words and appeared to say something that sounded like a racial slur.
https://twitter.com/rumchampion/status/1221528688438759425
Uncensored version: MSNBC anchor inexplicably swaps “n*ggers” in for “Lakers” while reporting on Kobe Bryant death pic.twitter.com/d6oLHfJfbm
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 26, 2020
So MSNBC anchor said what I thought she said.
— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) January 26, 2020
Morris saw the backlash and took to Twitter to say that while she misspoke she did not use the N-word.
Earlier today, while reporting on the tragic news of Kobe Bryant’s passing, I unfortunately stuttered on air, combining the names of the Knicks and the Lakers to say “Nakers.” Please know I did not & would NEVER use a racist term. I apologize for the confusion this caused.
— Alison Morris (@AlisonMorrisNOW) January 26, 2020
It does seem like Morris’ just tripped on her words and unfortunately it came out sounding wrong.