The NBA star took to twitter to clarify his comments, saying his remarks had been taken out of context.
Basketball superstar Kevin Durant has issued an apology for the comments he made about India after a promotional trip he made last month. The NBA star took to twitter to clarify his comments, saying his remarks had been taken out of context.
Durant, who won the NBA title with Golden State Warriors last season, said he was grateful for the time he spent in India and accepted blame for how he had phrased his comments.
He tweeted, “Sorry that my comments about India were taken out of context, I’m grateful for the time I’ve got to spend there and I’m really pissed about how my comments came off, that’s my fault, should’ve worded that better.”
“I spoke about the difference between my imagination and reality there in Delhi and about where the game is compared to the rest of the world. No offense from this side, I’m coming back out there for more camps and cool s***. Sorry...” he added.
Durant, who recently won the MVP award for his performance during the last NBA season, had recently visited India and said that while it was a unique experience, he returned home with a ‘cultural shock’.
“Um, it was a unique experience. I went with no expectation, no view on what it’s supposed to be like. I usually go to places where I at least have a view in my head. India, I’m thinking I’m going to be around palaces and royalty and gold — basically thought I was going to Dubai. Then when I landed there, I saw the culture and how they live and it was rough,” Durant had told The Athletic in an interview.
The Golden State Warriors player added that India is a country is 20 years behind in terms of knowledge. “It’s a country that’s 20 years behind in terms of knowledge and experience. You see cows in the street, monkeys running around everywhere, hundreds of people on the side of the road, a million cars and no traffic violations. Just a bunch of underprivileged people there and they want to learn how to play basketball. That s— was really, really dope to me,” he added in the interview.
During the course of his trip, Durant also visited the Taj Mahal. “As I was driving up to the Taj Mahal, like I said, I thought that this would be holy ground, super protected, very very clean. And as I’m driving up, it’s like, s—, this used to remind me of some neighborhoods I would ride through as a kid. Mud in the middle of the street; houses were not finished but there were people living in them. No doors. No windows. The cows in the street, stray dogs and then, boom, Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders Of The World. It’s like holy s—, this was built 500 years ago and everyone comes here. It’s just an eye-opener,” he said.
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