Kyrie Irving discussed his suspension with SNY as he prepares to return to the court on Sunday
In the interview, Begley asked Irving if he was antisemitic.
When asked about his intent behind sharing the video, Irving expanded on his reasoning behind the tweet of the antisemitic film on social media. “The unfortunate aspect in that documentary is the antisemitic remarks in terms of generalizing Jewish people. I believe that was unfair, and that wasn’t the aspect of the post that I wanted the focus to be on. The initial post was supposed to be for all those who were searching for more information, more history and are able to interpret it in a way where they see it as progressive and they learn something from it,” Irving said.
Irving told Begley, “I felt like I was protecting my character and I reacted out of just pure defense and just hurt that I could be labeled, or I thought that I was being labeled as antisemitic or anti-Jewish, and I’ve felt like that was just so disrespectful to ask me whether or not I was antisemitic or not.”
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