ESPN says it has accepted the apology of host Jemele Hill for tweeting that President Donald Trump was a white supremacist and bigot.
FILE – This is a Feb. 3,2017, file photo showing Jemele Hill attending ESPN: The Party 2017 in Houston, Texas. ESPN distanced itself from anchor Jemele Hill’s tweets one day after she called President Donald Trump « a white supremacist » and « a bigot. » « The comments on Twitter from Jemele Hill regarding the president do not represent the position of ESPN, » the network tweeted Tuesday, Sept. 12,2017, from its public relations department’s account. « We have addressed this with Jemele and she recognizes her actions were inappropriate. »
