Amare Stoudemire attends the Calvin Klein Collection Fashion Show as part of Milan Fashion Week Menswear Spring/Summer 2013 on June 24, 2012 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images)
NEW YORK (AP) — Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire has apologized to a fan for using a gay slur in response to a crude tweet in which the fan admonished the All-Star to “make up for this past season.”
The fan (at)BFerrelli tweeted his comment on Saturday and received a direct message containing an expletive and the slur from the account Twitter verifies as Stoudemire’s. BFerrelli, identified by the Daily News as Brian Ferrelli, posted a screen shot of the direct message. Direct messages can only be seen by the sender and the recipient.
Stoudemire apologized early Sunday, using another direct message that BFerrelli posted as a screen shot, saying “I apologize for what I said earlier. I just got off the plane and had time to think about it. Sorry bro!! No Excuses. Won’t happen again.”
Calls to the Knicks and the NBA weren’t immediately returned.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
