Keith Olbermann Apologizes To Scott Jennings For 'Threat'

"I apologize without reservation to [Scott Jennings], Olbermann wrote in a Tuesday post to X. Olbermann said his messages related to Jennings and late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel could be misinterpreted as a threat. Yesterday I wrote and immediately deleted 2 responses to him about Kimmel because they could be misinterpreted as a threat to anything besides his career. I immediately replaced them with ones specifying what I actually meant, he wrote."

"Olbermann followed up with a quick post condemning political violence. I oppose and condemn political violence, and the threat of it. All times are the wrong time to leave even an inadvertent impression of it."

Keith Olbermann apologized without reservation to Scott Jennings for two deleted social media responses that could be misinterpreted as threats. He said the deleted messages related to Jennings and late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel and that he immediately replaced them with clarifying responses specifying his actual meaning. Olbermann emphasized opposition to and condemnation of political violence and the threat of it, saying even inadvertent impressions of violence are wrong, and acknowledged he should have apologized earlier. The original deleted responses included a threatening phrase and occurred after Jennings discussed Kimmel's suspension.

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