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NBC spokesman says blocking Leslie Jones' Olympic tweets was just a 'misunderstanding'
The Associated Press @APNBC spokesman says Leslie Jones is free to take to social media to give her commentary about the Olympics after a misunderstanding with some of her posts.
Leslie Jones is free to take to social media to give her commentary about the Olympics after a misunderstanding with some of her posts.
NBC spokesman Greg Hughes said Monday night that some of Jones’ videos that were blocked were the result of a “third-party error” and not NBC.
“We have resolved the situation. She is free to do her social media posts as she has done in the past,” Hughes told The Associated Press. “She is a super fan of the Olympics and we are super fans of her.”
Jones took to social media Monday morning saying that she might give up live tweeting the Beijing Games.
“I love the athletes and they love me doing it. And I know y’all love it. But now it’s just gotten too hard. And no one is fighting for or with me. Soooo I guess I’ll leave it to the professionals,” Jones wrote on Twitter and Instagram.
https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-leslie-jones-posts-b1cdf7983e8f9966014aeabc5f37ff20
Link to tweet
