Skip to main content

Steve Harvey to Flint Man: ‘Enjoy Your Nice Brown Glass of Water’

Sunday


Steve Harvey to Flint Man: ‘Enjoy Your Nice Brown Glass of Water’ 1 / 17

TheWrap Reid Nakamura 3 hrs ago
SHARE

© Provided by The Wrap News, Inc. Steve Harvey Miss Universe
Steve Harvey has come under fire for a joke about the Flint water crisis on his morning radio talk show on Wednesday.

Harvey took a call on the "The Steve Harvey Morning Show" in which he discussed the Cleveland Cavaliers' loss to the Golden State Warriors in the NBA finals. During the call, Harvey brought up the caller's hometown of Flint, Michigan and its contaminated water.

"You from Flint?" Harvey asked, according to the Detroit Free Press. "That's why y'all ain't even got clean water. When was the last time you touched water and it didn't have lead in it?"

"I wasn't talking about the city of Flint, I was talking about him," Harvey reportedly said later in the call. "He going to call in, say Cleveland don't deserve jack, and he over there bathing in all that silver water." Before ending the call, the comedian took one more shot: "Enjoy your nice brown glass of water."

Flint Mayor Karen Weaver sent a letter to Harvey demanding an apology for the joke. In the letter (below), Weaver says the joke was "in very poor taste." She also offers to "sit and discuss" the progress the town has made to address the water contamination issue.

In a statement to Michigan's NBC-25 on Wednesday, Harvey defended the statement as "simply trash talking about sports," adding that he has "great affection and respect" for the city of Flint.




Read Harvey's full statement:

"This morning callers and I were cracking jokes about the Cleveland Cavaliers loss to the Golden State Warriors. I'm a huge Cavs fan.

The caller and I were talking trash about our teams and cities. 'SIMPLY TRASH TALKING ABOUT SPORTS'.

I made a joke directed at him, as he is from Flint, a city for which I have great affection and respect.

So much so that I devoted a full hour on my daytime talk show to raising awareness for the Flint water crisis.

I also pressed then candidate, Hilary Clinton, to offer solutions to what I called one of the great catastrophes of modern times.

The and the caller laughed as my joke was taken in the context it was offered.

Any attempts to craft this into anything more serves no one."

-Steve Harvey

Read the letter from Weaver:

"As Mayor of the City of Flint, and someone who has been on your show and spoken with you personally about the Flint Water Crisis, I was deeply saddened by your comments about our city. While I feel it was not meant to be an intentional hurt or insult against the citizens of this community, it was.

We are still going through many hardships and challenges caused by the poisoning of our city. To make a joke out of a tragedy such as this was in very poor taste, especially coming from someone of your stature.

While we are making progress in replacing lead tainted service lines, we still have to use filters and remain on bottled water. As Mayor, I would appreciate, on behalf of the citizens of this community, a public apology. I would love to sit and discuss with you the status of where we are today."

Related video: Steve Harvey Sued for $60 Million by Ex (Provided by E! Online)
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Drop your comments and feedbacks if the information you read was usefull

Trending

WONDER WOMAN SHUTS DOWN BOX OFFICE

Sunday
‘Wonder Woman’ Repeats Box Office Victory, Tom Cruise’s ‘The Mummy’ Misfires Different weekend, similar story: “Wonder Woman” is box office royalty. The Warner Bros. and DC Comics standalone will have earned $57.2 million from 4,165 theaters by the end of its second weekend, putting it solidly in first place. That’s only a 45% drop from its opening weekend, giving the film an estimated $205 million domestically in two weekends. The Gal Gadot-starrer will also make more during its second frame than did both “Suicide Squad” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” despite those films having larger opening weekends than “Wonder Woman” ($133.7 million for “Suicide Squad” and $166 million for “Batman v Superman”). Unlike those two films, Patty Jenkins’ has critical support — a current 93% on Rotten Tomatoes. Universal’s “The Mummy,” meanwhile is counting on a strong overseas total to make up for less impressive domestic earnings. As of Sunday morning, the film is eyeing $32...
Post a Comment
Read more

Amber Rose Gone Rogue

Sunday
Shes well known for flounting her sexy gorgious body,  The popular Celebrity model Amber Rose decided to Look sexier As she took to her Instagram page this time revealing her Main Asset as she's seen lying on a staircase, That is the Juice about this trending American model, I warn you this is Explicit.
Post a Comment
Read more

How To Make Legitimate Money Online Fast

Sunday
How to make money fast I’ve taught thousands of students how to make money fast (all with different talents & levels of experience) and I can show you how to do the work easily Hi, I’m BID EKwueme, and I’m going to show you how to make more money fast. Legitimately, (I’m an English student at the University of Jo's Nigeria) and with immediate results. In the next six minutes, I’ll teach you how earn more money after one conversation with your boss, how to lower every single one of your bills, and how to start making money with a side hustle THIS WEEK. Then we’ll get into how to optimize your career and job – the easiest way to make the most money FOREVER. Before we start I need to make something absolutely clear. Quiz: What is your earning potential? Choose the answer you agree with the most  If I work hard, I can always earn more money  I am not in full control of how much money I make View Results We’re going to focus on the Big Wins and not the stupid, w...
Post a Comment
Read more