{"id":133160,"date":"2024-08-23T21:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T21:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/23\/ronda-rousey-apologizes-for-sharing-sandy-hook-conspiracy-video-national\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T21:04:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T21:04:04","slug":"ronda-rousey-apologizes-for-sharing-sandy-hook-conspiracy-video-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/23\/ronda-rousey-apologizes-for-sharing-sandy-hook-conspiracy-video-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronda Rousey apologizes for sharing Sandy Hook conspiracy video – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eleven years after she shared a video that touted conspiracy theories concerning the Sandy Hook Elementary School capturing<\/a>, former UFC champion Ronda Rousey<\/a> has issued an apology.<\/p>\n

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In a prolonged assertion shared to X early Friday morning, Rousey mentioned she\u2019s regretted the publish \u201cevery day of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

In January 2013, a couple of month after a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and killed 20 kids and 6 staffers, Rousey shared a YouTube video to X (then Twitter) that forged doubt on the capturing. Rousey posted a hyperlink to the video and wrote, \u201cExtremely interesting, and must-watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t even believe it, but was so horrified at the truth that I was grasping for an alternative fiction to cling to instead,\u201d Rousey mentioned in her apology. \u201cI quickly realized my mistake and took it down, but the damage was done.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 37-year-old professional wrestler mentioned she\u2019s drafted the apology a number of instances over the past decade, however has by no means had the braveness to talk out till now. One such try to apologize was in her current memoir, Our Fight,<\/em> however Rousey mentioned her writer \u201cbegged\u201d to take away it, \u201csaying it would overshadow everything else and do more harm than good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rousey\u2019s hesitancy to apologize was additionally partly on account of worry that calling consideration to the video would enhance the attain of the conspiracy theories, and would \u201cselfishly, inform even more people I was ignorant, self absorbed and tone deaf enough to share one in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut honestly, I deserve to be hated, labeled, detested, resented and worse for it,\u201d Rousey wrote. \u201cI deserve to lose out on every opportunity, I should have been canceled, I would have deserved it. I still do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In bolded textual content, Rousey continued: \u201cI apologize that this came 11 years too late, but to those affected by the Sandy Hook massacre, from the bottom of my heart and depth of my soul I am so so sorry for the hurt I caused. I can\u2019t even begin to imagine the pain you\u2019ve endured and words cannot describe how thoroughly remorseful and ashamed I am of myself for contributing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rousey then addressed others who could consider conspiracy theories, or as she mentioned, individuals who have \u201cfallen down the black hole of bulls\u2014.\u201d<\/p>\n

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