Canadian broadcaster Ron MacLean issued an on-air apology for making a comment about roofies during the pregame show for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.
With the Vegas Golden Knights‘ game against the Carolina Hurricanes taking place in Las Vegas, Sportsnet did a spoof of “The Hangover” movie and showed Keeper of the Cup Phil Pritchard asleep on a couch next to the trophy.
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As the skit ended, MacLean said, “The roofies, they’ll get you every time.”
MacLean later apologized on air for the comment, which he called “a bad mistake by me.”
“I referenced a scene in the movie in which the tiger is put to sleep, Mike Tyson’s tiger. The Keepers of the Cup, of course, are asleep in the skit and I used the term, the slang term for the drug which has far more serious connotations in reality.
“I should have made that connection. I did not. .. I know I triggered some people I know I offended some people with that remark and I feel very badly for that and I want to thank you for bringing it to my attention, to our attention. Very sorry.”
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