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Hornets apologize after pretending to give child PS5 and taking it away off camera - Yahoo Sports (sports.yahoo.com)

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The skit that "missed the mark" occurred in a break in play during the second quarter of Charlotte's game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. The child was brought onto the court with Hugo, the Hornets' mascot, dressed as Santa Claus. After a letter to Santa requesting a PS5 was read out loud, a cheerleader came out with a bag containing the video game console.

The young fan was visibly overjoyed as he received the pricy gift. However, according to an online acquaintance, he was less happy when the cameras turned off and a Hornets staffer took it away, replacing it with a jersey.

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 70 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I swear The Boys gets more and more blatant with how evil Corporate America is, but cmon, this episode is just completely ridiculous. Not even Homelander would be that ev....

Wait this happened in a REAL Sportsball game? This is not a bit? sugh

I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s absolutely amazing to me that they didn’t realize this was gonna cause a backlash.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right? Like, I don't understand in what universe did this seem like a good idea?

They actually read the fucking kid's letter to Santa live at the Stadium, and only pretended to give him a PS5? This is basically bullying the poor guy.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Was it even the kid's letter to begin with? The whole thing just seems like a setup.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If it was setup, then why the fuck didn't they just have the letter say he wanted the Jersey of his favorite Hornets player and aovid this shit? That just makes it even more incompetent.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

PS5 seems more plausible that a kid would want, in my mind. 🤷‍♂️ But yeah. Pretending to do anything at all seems like a bad idea to begin with.