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.»
