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Hornets apologize after pretending to give child PS5 and taking it away off camera - Yahoo Sports (sports.yahoo.com)

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The skit that "missed the mark" occurred in a break in play during the second quarter of Charlotte's game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. The child was brought onto the court with Hugo, the Hornets' mascot, dressed as Santa Claus. After a letter to Santa requesting a PS5 was read out loud, a cheerleader came out with a bag containing the video game console.

The young fan was visibly overjoyed as he received the pricy gift. However, according to an online acquaintance, he was less happy when the cameras turned off and a Hornets staffer took it away, replacing it with a jersey.

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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 46 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

How would this commenter know that?

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 10 hours ago

It's entirely plausible this person knows the lady in question.

[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 60 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I mean surely it could be a lie but they just took away a PS5 from a kid...

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

what? lies? on the internet? why would anyone do such a thing.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Now I feel like I'm back on Reddit.

[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

I know, right? I'm human like you and totally not a dog

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

You want Lemmy adoption.. you get folks with stature in the machine sharing mundane recon.. you don't believe anything.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Look, I'm just engaging in critical thinking here. I don't believe everything I read on the Internet especially since people love just making up random crap just so they can have a story to tell.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago

That's a Reddit comment though.

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 38 points 23 hours ago

By having met her.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 17 points 23 hours ago

Source: trust me bro