The female sports reporter who said she was “belittled” by NFL player Cam Newton found herself on the other side of scrutiny when her own past came back to haunt her.
Jourdan Rodrigue had to offer up an apology on Thursday as some of her tweets from four years ago surfaced and appeared to be racist.
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) October 5, 2017
The tweets were made by the 25 year-old in 2012 and 2013, when she was in college.
Rodrigue’s May 2013 tweet featured a quote she presumably liked from a Twitter parody account: “The earth moves at 450+ mph that’s 10 times triller than NASCAR Dale Earnhart’s (sic) a b—- n—-.”
Her other tweets were from 2012 and 2013.
Her apology coincided with Newton’s as he said sorry to the Charlotte Observer reporter and all women in a video message on Thursday.
The Carolina Panthers quarterback set off a firestorm of criticism when he said it was “funny to hear a female talk about routes” before answering Rodrigue at a post-practice press conference on Wednesday.
NFL’s Cam Newton in hot water for ‘sexist’ comment to female reporter, but does he deserve the grief? https://t.co/HdvgD6vPPh pic.twitter.com/FJ0TDM7Pmy
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) October 6, 2017
Rodrigue was offended and took to Twitter to vent.
I don’t think it’s “funny” to be a female and talk about routes. I think it’s my job.
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) October 4, 2017
Newton came under fire for his remark and, according to a later tweet from Rodrigue, he made things “worse” in a private conversation.
I spoke with him after and it was worse. I chose not to share, because I have an actual job to do today and one he will not keep me from.
— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) October 4, 2017
The controversy caused Newton to be “shelved” by sponsor, Dannon Yogurt.
The 28 year-old football player initially resisted issuing an apology but finally gave in and posted a video across his social media accounts.
Cam Newton CAVES in groveling video as first sponsor drops him like a rock for ‘sexist’ comment https://t.co/YVSPkkBu20 pic.twitter.com/BMdhXZnJw5
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) October 6, 2017
“After careful thought, I understand that my word choice was extremely degrading and hurtful to women and to be honest that was not my intentions,” Newton said. “If you are a person who took offense to what I said, I sincerely apologize to you.”
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