The disturbing conversation was all reportedly recorded on a Zoom call.
"Can you tell me why I should mourn for him?" Glassman allegedly said on the call."Other than that it’s the white thing to do -- other than that, give me another reason."The call reportedly lasted for over an hour ... with Glassman allegedly repeatedly bashing"Black Lives Matter" protesters, spewing wild conspiracy theories and slamming COVID-19 lockdowns.
"We're not mourning for George Floyd," Glassman reportedly said."I don't think me or any of my staff are." In fact, one of the participants allegedly on the call told Buzzfeed,"it turned into a sh*t show, really, where the guy is just -- conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory."with the fitness org. over the weekend because of Glassman.on Saturday evening -- purportedly hours after the Zoom call -- which caused tremendous backlash.
Glassman eventually apologized late Sunday for the tweet, saying, in part,"My heart is deeply saddened by the pain it has caused. It was a mistake, not racist but a mistake." We've reached out to CrossFit officials for comment on the new allegations in the Buzzfeed report ... but so far, no word back yet.
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