Pat McAfee defined how being a “lady dad” helped him understand the error of his methods after spreading an unfounded rumor about an Ole Miss faculty pupil.
In February, McAfee, 38, mentioned a viral story about Mary Kate Cornett allegedly sleeping together with her boyfriend's dad. The story gained much more traction after McAfee talked about it on his ESPN discuss present.
Cornett mentioned McAfee was “ruining her life” by discussing the rumor, which she denied from the beginning.
“I've since realized that the story was not true and that my present performed a job within the anguish brought about to an amazing household and particularly to a younger lady, Mary Kate Cornett,” McAfee mentioned Wednesday, July 23, on The Pat McAfee Show. “I feel you all know from tuning into this program that I by no means wish to be a supply of negativity or contribute to a different human's struggling.”
He continued, “I can now fortunately share with you that I just lately received to satisfy Mary Kate and her household. I received an opportunity to sincerely apologize to them and acknowledge that what I mentioned about Mary Kate was primarily based solely on what others have been saying on the web or had been beforehand reported by others, and that we had no private data about Mary Kate or her private life.”
McAfee detailed how his personal expertise as a father performed a job in his need to satisfy with the Cornett household in individual. The previous NFL punter and his spouse, Samantha McAfee, share daughter Mackenzie, 2.
“As a woman dad, I used to be additionally very grateful for the chance to let Mr. Cornett know that I used to be wildly regretful for the half that our present, our program performed in his daughter Mary Kate's ache,” Pat mentioned.
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Pat admitted it was “a good query” to ask why it took him and his present so lengthy to handle the controversy and Cornett herself.
“As you may think, there was lots occurring behind the scenes since this all occurred,” Pat defined. “An important factor on the timing is that I personally, a call that I made, wished to speak to the household first earlier than addressing it publicly. I can now say I had the chance to satisfy with them, chat with them, and so they're fantastic folks.”
Pat steered the story might present some knowledge and perception to his viewers as nicely.
“My hope is that this may be one thing we are able to all be taught from going ahead,” he mentioned. “I do know we definitely have. Our purpose with this present is to make the world a happier place, a greater place to have fun life and sports activities and to unify people. I, and we, don't all the time get it proper. However we'll by no means cease attempting.”
