Literally hours before Lakers’ star player Kobe Bryant uttered his homophobic slur into the cameras one week ago Tuesday, Grant Hill and Jared Dudley were actually making a public service announcement for the NBA, the Ad Council, and GLSEN, against anti-gay language as part of GLSEN’s “Think Before You Speak†campaign, to be aired during the NBA finals, in an effort to show the league as more “gay-friendly.†Timing, as they say, is everything.
“Words have consequences, we’re accountable for the things we say, words have meaning,” says Phoenix Suns’ Grant Hill. “Not cool,” adds teammate Jared Dudley.
Read: “Kobe Bryant: The Real Outrage Isn’t That He Said ‘Fag’“
Watch as the two stars talk about shooting the PSA, and talk about their thoughts on anti-gay slurs.
(via Towleroad)