Radio personality Howard Stern was clearly not holding back when he took to his SiriusXM radio show on Tuesday to sound off on his thoughts about Kyrie Irving. The Brooklyn Nets basketball star has been caught up in quite a lot of controversy, after sharing a link to what many are calling an anti-semitic film titled “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,” available on Amazon.
The Jewish community was enraged by Kyrie’s support of the documentary, which is based on the 2014 book, “Hebrews to Negroes.” Particular outrage stemmed from the fact that there’s a section that claims “many famous-high ranking Jews” had “admitted” to being worshippers of Satan or Lucifer. Well, Howard, who is of Jewish descent has spoken out and is furious about Kyrie publicly endorsing the film.
“This Kyrie Irving is a complete douchebag,” Howard said during his radio show. “Guy’s got a chance as a young man to make millions of dollars, all he’s got to do is get vaccinated, but he doesn’t want to get vaccinated. He doesn’t need a reason, just that he’s stupid. Because this guy’s got a history of being stupid.” He then lashed out at Kyrie supporting “Hebrews to Negroes.”
“I mean, the whole world has gone nuts. Everyone is just feeling really empowered to say whatever dumb f*****g thing is on their brain. And then they go, ‘Oh come on, man, come on… Heil Hitler.”
Howard had clearly taken issue with several of the things Kyrie has chosen to do over the past year as she referenced the athlete refusing to take the Covid vaccine. He also mentioned Kyrie’s infamous comments about not being sure whether the Earth was flat or round; a remark he later apologized for.
“Stay home. Die there with your COVID,” Howard added. “Don’t take the cure, but don’t clog up our hospitals with your COVID when you finally get it. Don’t bother with science, it’s too late. Go fuck yourself ― we just don’t have time for you.”
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As well as being suspended from at least five games, Kyrie has also seen his partnership with Nike put on suspension, with the release of his anticipated Kyrie 8 sneakers launch having officially been canceled.
It’s unclear whether Nike plans on moving forward with their working relationship with the athlete later on, but from the look of things, Kyrie is definitely facing a lot of backlash over his support behind the doc.