Ronda Rousey Apologizes for Sharing Sandy Hook Shooting Conspiracy Video 11 Years Ago: ‘I Was Ignorant’ and ‘Deserve to Be Hated and Detested’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Former UFC fighter and actor Ronda Rousey issued an apology on social media for an incident that took place 11 years ago in which she shared a conspiracy theory video about the Sandy Hook shooting.
While Rousey deleted the video post at the time and told her followers that “she never meant to insult or hurt anyone,” she now published a lengthy apology statement on social media in which she admitted that she deserved to be hated and “should’ve been canceled.” “I can’t say how many times I’ve redrafted this apology over the last 11 years,” Rousey wrote. “How many times I’ve convinced myself it wasn’t the right time or that I’d be causing even more damage by giving it.
But 11 years ago I made the single most regrettable decision of my life. I watched a Sandy Hook conspiracy video and reposted it on Twitter.
I didn’t even believe it, but was so horrified at the truth that I was grasping for an alternative fiction to cling to instead.
Read more on variety.com
