U.S. Summer Olympics legend Gabby Thomas issued a genuine apology to her fans on Monday morning.
The Summer Olympics legend is embarrassed and sorry for not recognizing all-time great Usain Bolt in a photo.
“Can Gabby Thomas recognize these athletics icons when they were younger? 👶” the Olympics asked Thomas in a viral video.
Thomas was unable to recognize Bolt, laughing at his photo from when he was much younger.
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Thomas says that she’s embarrassed and sorry for not recognizing the all-time great from when he was younger.
U.S. Olympics legend issues apology
Thomas says that her DMs have been getting flooded.
“I want to genuinely apologize to everyone I upset for not recognizing Usain Bolt in his baby photo the other day on the Olympics social media video. I shouldn’t have laughed about it either. I am so embarrassed. I promise to unpack this and will do better,” she promised.
“I grew up watching Usain Bolt among many other Black track athletes. They inspired me and showed my generation of athletes what Black excellence looks like (on and off the track). I know what he and Noah look like- their baby photos just stumped me. But they shouldn’t have. I would choose to be black in every lifetime 🫶🏽
“I normally wouldn’t respond, but my comments and DMs are being flooded on every social platform. I fear I really upset my community.”
It can be embarrassing to get something like that wrong, but Thomas didn’t do anything intentional here. She just didn’t recognize someone from when they were younger.
An apology feels like an overreaction, but clearly, she feels bad about this.
