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Detroit — Ex-NBA star Shaquille O’Neal has apologized to a Detroit man with
a rare disorder for making fun of his appearance in an online post.
Best known as Shaq, the former NBA player announced the apology in a Twitter
message Tuesday.
“Made a new friend today when I called and apologized to Jahmel Binion.
Great dude,” the tweet said.
O’Neal followed up Wednesday with a tweet that said: “Had the opportunity
to talk to Jahmel Binion yesterday and apologize about the post on IG!”
O’Neal spokesman Rishi Daulat told The Associated Press on Wednesday that O’
Neal personally wrote the tweets. Daulat declined further comment.
Binion has ectodermal dysplasia, which affects his face, teeth and hair. He
told MLive.com he was “confused” when O’Neal posted a picture on Instagram
showing him making a face imitating Binion.
“I was thinking ‘Man, he’s supposed to be this role model, someone
everyone is supposed to look up to. If Shaq does something like this,’”
Binion said, everyone who follows him “will think, ‘We should do this.’ ”
The post was later taken down. AP left an email message for Binion on
Wednesday afternoon seeking his reaction to O’Neal’s call.
The National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias wrote an open letter Monday
to O’Neal saying “bullying is never acceptable.”
O’Neal, 42, was drafted by the Orlando Magic in 1992 out of Louisiana State.
He later played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns,
Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics, retiring in 2011. The Lakers won
three straight NBA championships with him in 2000-02.
Shaq前幾天在他的intagram上面PO了一張照片
他在照片中模仿那位男子的臉
那底特律男子Jahmel Binion有一種臉部的疾病
該疾病造成他臉部變形並影響他的毛髮和牙齒
Jahmel知道這件事時感到很震驚
他說他原本覺得Shaq應該當作一個模範
如果他開始做這樣的事大家也會開始模仿他
Jahmel寫信給Shaq詢問他為何這樣做
不久後Shaq便把這張照片刪除
Shaq最近在twitter上PO了一條說
他對Jahmel道歉了並結交一個新的朋友
http://nypost.com/2014/04/28/shaq-under-fire-for-mocking-disabled-fans-selfie/
另外在這篇當中
被點名加入嘲笑的還有爵士的Trey Burke
和饒舌歌手Waka Flocka Flame