LaForce tells Lebron during post game interview that Popovich’s wife just died and asked for his reaction.
Bad timing or effective journalism?
Bad timing or effective journalism?
Allie LaForce - Lebron James post game interview
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What was his response? Probably not the best time to bring that up. Should have done it off camera.
He cursed a couple of times.
Looked like he was about to cry at one point.
Otherwise, made the expected comments about prayers, etc.
Here’s what gets me. Before they went on together, you could see her in the background talking to him. In retrospect, I think she could have let him know then. But then she might have lost her interview.
He was emotional. obviously a bit shocked after coming out of a tight game to get that bad news and a mike stuck in his face.
What in the world are you talking about?
I thought it was incredibly stupid and insensitive as soon as I saw it. If something like that happened to me while I was making a public presentation at work, I'd give a very brief answer, then blackball the idiot for the rest of her career.
Reporters did this to Durant on camera also, obviously not right after a game but still. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth.. just a low way to get reactions (both were sincere).
She must now do a porn tape with me and repent for her sins
Btw jim grey is the worst at this. They finally honor pete and his dumb ass asks about betting on baseball. I hate that guy he's as bad a son goodman
I don't think it was a gotcha moment. She thought he'd already heard. His response was very classy and sincere. I'm not an LBJ fanboy, but will never understand the haters.
Yeah i remember that. Grey was blasted for that and rightfully so.
Pete broke the one unbreakable rule in baseball, then spent decades lying about it (even profiting from it). If the guy had just come clean from the start, he might be in Cooperstown right now. Now he never will, and rightfully so. Hell of a player though.
I believe he’s alluding to the bad karma that said reporter will now have. If so, I agree whole heartedly. No respect for that.
100% the reporter was made to ask that question by her bosses. Just doing her job.
Because millions care. Just like thousands care about our one and done guys going pro.
they just said she let him know before the interview and asked if he would be willing to comment on it and he agreed. She didn't blindside him.
Can envision those long legs wrapped around my backShe's ok by me. I forgive her
Sounds too convention of an excuse to believe able. I'm sticking with she is idiot for asking him that.
How about not getting immediate reactions from athletes right after games, ESPECIALLY in cases like this. Bad either way. She either blindsided him (turner sports says not the case), or Lebron agreed to comment while acting genuinely surprised with a fake reaction when the cameras were on. You can give your condolences to Pop without hamming it up for the TV.
If you knew about it beforehand then don't drop curse words on tv. If the reaction is real he should've been near tears when she originally told him instead of the 2nd time for the cameras.
If you knew about it beforehand then don't drop curse words on tv. If the reaction is real he should've been near tears when she originally told him instead of the 2nd time for the cameras.
The league's top player being asked about the passing of the league's top coach's wife. Oh the horror!! What is this world coming to??
Completely the wrong place. Why is that relevant. They are not playing the Spurs, they are not likely to play the Spurs, and 99.999% of fans likley didn't know or candidly did't want to hear that news at that point. It was to get a response out of someone, had ZERO relevance. Once again, sports "journalist" looking to make news rather than to report it. Like how ESPN has been trolling LaVar Ball to help him stir up controversy to get ratings. Sports Journalist have plenty of material to play with and have NO business creating the news, hell no journalist do.
Again, he league's top player being asked about the passing of the league's top coach's wife. Not seeing why this is so horrible. I get the timing issue, but has anyone stopped to think LBJ told her he wanted to send his condolences on air?
AT HALFTIME OF THE WOLVES/ROCKETS GAME ERNIE JOHNSON SAID ALLIE LAFORCE ASKED LEBRON BEFORE THE INTERVIEW IF HE WOULD CARE TO COMMENT ON THE PASSING OF POPOVICH'S WIFE AND HE AGREED.
SHE DID NOT BLINDSIDE HIM AND HE AGREED TO TALK ABOUT IT. RESEARCH, PEOPLE. BETTER YOURSELVES.
I wanna see LaForce naked, doh.
SHE DID NOT BLINDSIDE HIM AND HE AGREED TO TALK ABOUT IT. RESEARCH, PEOPLE. BETTER YOURSELVES.
I wanna see LaForce naked, doh.
