Gayle King, a woman widely praised for her composure and interview skills during her March 2019 interview with R. Kelly, has faced heavy criticism this week over an interview with WNBA legend Lisa Leslie. In a clip posted by CBS, King asked Leslie her thoughts on the “complicated” legacy of her late friend Kobe Bryant, who was accused of sexual assault in the early 2000s. Leslie responded in defense of her friend and expressed her wish that the media would be more “respectful” of Bryant’s memory during this time, before discussing the impact of his death.
, “It’s so sad and disappointing that successful Black Women are being used to tarnish the image and legacy of successful Black Men even in death.” Asking a question about a widely known and widely discussed fact in someone’s history is not thetarnishing a legacy. It is looking at that history as a full and complete picture. To overlook this chapterjust because none of it took place on the basketball court. All of these events, whether good or bad, exist within the.
from difficult discussions. But Gayle King is not responsible for editing and promoting her own interviews. She is responsible for asking the questions and deftly maneuvering conversations—Leslie are not being used to “tarnish” a successful man. They are two powerful, wildly successful black women, with their own agency, publicly having a discussion happening in living rooms and offices across America right now.
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