Fox News Shocked Olympic Basketball Team Celebrated Victory With Booze
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Fox News came under a severe amount of Twitter mockery on Monday after it suggested the notion that American Olympians might celebrate a gold medal victory by drinking alcohol was somehow shocking.
The network went into pearl-clutching mode after Team USA basketball star Kevin Durant posted clips to Instagram showing he and his fellow hoop players celebrating their fourth consecutive gold medal by drinking Lobos Tequila, a booze brand in which LeBron James is a major investor.
As you can see below, the team seems happily buzzed after the win against France, which beat Team USA earlier in the Olympics.
“AYE BRON” 🤣
Team USA loving that GOLD MEDAL LIFE 🤩 @KDTrey5@KingJames
(via @Money23Green, @JaValeMcGee) pic.twitter.com/Fo7ry6mz59— Overtime (@overtime) August 7, 2021
Since Fox News personalities like Laura Ingraham have gone after members of the U.S. Olympic team for being “self-promoting woke-sters,” the network decided that “pearl-clutching” was the best take for a story on the post-victory celebration.
Kevin Durant, Draymond Green were 'drunk' during Team USA celebrationhttps://t.co/hNIp2pOgeE
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 9, 2021
Many Twitter users quickly mocked the network’s attempt to make a happy moment for the team seem somehow shocking or alarming.
someone at Fox saw Black people having fun and decided this nonsense needs to stop https://t.co/VxkseKre0K
— Tyler Conway (@jtylerconway) August 9, 2021
*dying* at the scare quotes around "drunk" https://t.co/VVPIGn53U6
— Lindsay Gibbs (@linzsports) August 9, 2021
The radical right HATES that Team USA won the most gold medals. https://t.co/Gsbhj6iT2S
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) August 9, 2021
Nobody tell #FoxNews about Rush Limbaugh's OxyContin problem.
Kevin Durant #Olympics stats:
3 gold medals
435 points in 22 games (99 points more than anyone else)
71 3-pointers
Draymond Green:
2 gold medals, 3 NBA championships https://t.co/PqULduHJvp— Rick G. Rosner (@dumbassgenius) August 9, 2021
Some people had questions.
Okay...and? https://t.co/h0j4vnLbVD
— Matt Vereen (@MattVereen) August 9, 2021
😂😂😂 how is this a story? https://t.co/H83efoVe7V
— Jack Wascher (@JackWascher) August 9, 2021
PARENTS: How will YOU be tackling this subject with your kids? https://t.co/G1CkWH1re2
— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) August 9, 2021
One person suggested there was a time and place to celebrate ― and that place is when you’re broadcasting live.
Outrageous. Everyone knows that the only acceptable time be drunk is when you’re on the air. https://t.co/cBIhGa9RZP
— Joshua Gans (@joshgans) August 9, 2021
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.