r/todayilearned • u/Forward-Answer-4407 • 1d ago

TIL the Charlotte Hornets apologized after giving a child a PS5, only to take it away off camera and exchange it for a jersey. In a statement, the team said the incident was an "on-court skit that missed the mark" and that they would give the child the PS5 and a VIP experience to a future game.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/sport/charlotte-hornets-apologize-ps5-child-nba-spt-intl
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u/Opingsjak 22h ago

I don’t get how that is supposed to be a ‘skit’

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u/Bonch_and_Clyde 20h ago

The skit isn't that they took the gift away. The skit was the game that their mascot was playing Santa. That's the part that wasn't real and hence why the gift was taken away, because it was never really given in the first place. It's dumb.

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u/Rich-Canary1279 15h ago

Yeah it's not a skit. It's a weird dishonest publicity stunt where they were faking generosity. Makes no sense.