Kevin Durant strangely tweeted at himself in third person, and was then caught using a fake Instagram account to argue with haters on Monday. He has a social media problem, and apologized to the public Tuesday in a speech in which he called his tweets “childish” and “idiotic.” His confession cleared the air on some things, including that he, himself did in fact use the private Instagram account. Kudos to Durant for not using the “I was hacked” excuse, but not everything he said made sense, and there are a few loose ends.
3 lingering questions from Kevin Durant’s social media mess
Some things just don’t add up.
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Here’s what Durant told the World on Tuesday afternoon:
But wait, he did use the Instagram account to clap back
On the alleged Durant fake Instagram account, “@quiresultan,” he really went at people commenting on his brother’s pictures.
We aren’t 100 percent sure this is Kevin Durant’s fake account, but we’re about 99.99999999999 percent sure. This account was followed by NBA players, Durant’s stylist, and Big Sean. Both “Quire” and “Sultan” are streets from his hometown, and the profile picture is from one of his favorite movies, Goodfellas. It all adds up. His interview doesn’t.
Durant said he doesn’t have secret Twitter account. How does this tweet make sense then?
This whole “quiresultan” saga started with Durant bizarrely tweeting in third person as if it was meant to be sent out by another account.
One tweet, in response to someone asking why Durant would leave Oklahoma City reads, “he didn’t like the organization or playing for Billy Donovan. His roster wasn’t that good, it was just him and russ.” Another reply reads “imagine taking russ off that team, see how bad they were. Kd can’t win a championship with those cats.”
Coming from Durant’s public, personal account, that’s weird! Why would he talk in third -person? It doesn’t match up with the usual content we see from him.
Durant acknowledged that to USA Today, saying that it did look weird, but confirmed there were no private accounts on Twitter. Hmm. That’s a little tough to believe considering the internet just cracked his private Instagram.
KD is owning the tweet about Billy Donovan and the Thunder organization, but also claims he didn’t want to hurt them
“I played a little too much, and that (expletive) really hurt me,” Durant told USA Today Sports. “To know that I affected Billy Donovan and the Thunder — like I love those people and I don’t never (want to hurt them).”
That may be true. But then why would he tweet from an account with nearly 17 million followers saying so?
The answer: probably because he meant to do it from a private account. The third-person tweets just make NO SENSE.
Hopefully Durant has learned his lesson, but he’s still committed to engaging with fans on Twitter, even after this mess. Hopefully he can control his emotions.
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