FRISCO, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones apologized Friday after a 2013 video of him making a racially insensitive remark was published on the gossip website The Blast earlier in the day.
According to The Blast, the video was shot at the Warwick Melrose Dallas hotel by a white man who asked Jones if he would tape a message to his fiancée.
"Hey, Jennifer, congratulations on the wedding," Jones said. "Now, you know he's with a black girl tonight, don't you?"
The Hall of Fame owner then started laughing and the video turned to a black male, also laughing. Jones then turned away and exited, and the video ended.
Jones, through a statement issued by the Cowboys on Friday, apologized.
"That comment was inappropriate," he said. "It's not who I am, and I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. Everyone involved laughed. Including the black guy. Why did this joke from 4 years ago need to be brought up? Why did he need to apologize?
According to The Blast, the video was shot at the Warwick Melrose Dallas hotel by a white man who asked Jones if he would tape a message to his fiancée.
"Hey, Jennifer, congratulations on the wedding," Jones said. "Now, you know he's with a black girl tonight, don't you?"
The Hall of Fame owner then started laughing and the video turned to a black male, also laughing. Jones then turned away and exited, and the video ended.
Jones, through a statement issued by the Cowboys on Friday, apologized.
"That comment was inappropriate," he said. "It's not who I am, and I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. Everyone involved laughed. Including the black guy. Why did this joke from 4 years ago need to be brought up? Why did he need to apologize?
