Former Seattle Seahawks and Las Vegas Raiders linebacker K.J. Wright apologized Saturday for promoting antisemitic views on Twitter after he came to the defense of Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving, who promoted an antisemitic film on his social media accounts last week.
Wright said in a video posted to Twitter:
"Looking back at my actions, I was trying to deliver a message, but in doing so, the words that I used, the examples that I used, were very hurtful to a lot of people and caused a lot of people tons of pain, and I just want you guys to know that I never intended to spread any form of hate, any antisemitic views.