Daniel Cormier has apologized for his recent blunder.
Cormier recently watched the new Marvel film “Eternals” and wanted to comment on the physical transformation of one of the actors in Kumail Nanjiani.
The problem was he referred to him as the dude from the “Harold and Kumar” films otherwise known as Kal Penn.
“Finally watching the eternals and what happened to Harold and Kumar? Dude is all ripped and sh*t now”
Finally watching the eternals and what happened to Harold and Kumar? Dude is all ripped and shit now
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) November 15, 2021
Naturally, people were quick to correct Cormier with some being offended at his misidentification of Nanjiani as another South Asian-American actor in Penn.
Cormier didn’t see anything too wrong with his statement.
“Take it down? Why? Thought it was the same guy.”
Take it down? Why? Thought it was the same guy. https://t.co/zVLDo6Bvus
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) November 15, 2021
In the end, however, he apologized for his mistake.
“Made mistake man. It’s normal brother I thought it was that guy. Wrong movie it’s the guy from Silicon Valley. My apologies”
Made mistake man. It’s normal brother I thought it was that guy. Wrong movie it’s the guy from Silicon Valley. My apologies https://t.co/1wEPgh5iWQ
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) November 15, 2021
“I made a mistake brother and if I upset someone I apologize. It was literally a mistake.”
I made a mistake brother and if I upset someone I apologize. It was literally a mistake. https://t.co/fQ9xmsXbg7
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) November 15, 2021
Cormier Made A Genuine Mistake
It wasn’t the smartest tweet from Cormier as he could have just Googled the name, but in the end, it was simply a genuine mistake with no need to dive in deep as to whether “DC” is racist.
If it was intentional, then it’s a different story. Unfortunately, Cormier needed American Kickboxing Academy teammate Arjan Singh Bhullar to vouch for him to which Cormier responded.
“Thank you brother Arjan, I legit made a mistake. Much love my brother”
Thank you brother Arjan, I legit made a mistake. Much love my brother https://t.co/Dq5ijY4Jn5
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) November 15, 2021
Hopefully, everyone can move on from this now.
