Nike ends relationship with Kyrie Irving, will no longer release sneakers collaborations

Kyrie Irving continues to feel the effects of promoting anti-Semitic films on Twitter.

On Friday, Nike announced it was distancing itself from the 30-year-old NBA star. The move came shortly after the Brooklyn Nets announced Thursday. That they had suspended Irving “at least five games without pay.”

As a result, we have decided to terminate our relationship with Kyrie Irving effective immediately also no longer. release Kyrie 8.”

Irving joined the Nets organization earlier this week and pledge a total donation of $1 million to “eliminate hate and intolerance”. However, he failed to take a firm stand against anti-Semitism. When asked by the media if he regretted tweeting a link promoting the 2018 film based on the book Jewish for Blacks: Awaken Black America from 2014.

He replied that several things in the film were “questionable.”

Following his suspension from the Nets, he released a statement on social media on Friday apologizing to the Jewish community.

The statement reads in part: “To all the Jewish families and communities who have been hurt. And affected by my posts, I am very sorry to have caused you any pain, and I apologize.

“I would like to clarify where I stand on the issue of antisemitism [sic] by apologizing for posting a documentary without context and factual statements outlining specific beliefs in the documentary that I participated in and that I did not agree to.” It is not my intention to ignore the history of Jewish culture associated with the Holocaust or to perpetuate hatred.”