Newly-minted Oscar winner Kobe Bryant used his Oscars acceptance speech to take a shot at Fox News host Laura Ingraham and her recent comments about politically-outspoken athletes.
While accepting Best Animated Short for the adaptation of Bryant’s retirement letter to the NBA, “Dear Basketball,” the athlete’s collaborator Glen Keane said “anything is possible” of their win.
“I don’t know that anything is possible, as basketball players we’re really supposed to shut up and dribble,” Bryant went on to say, gripping his Academy Award statuette.
Bryant referred to Ingraham’s mid-February comments about NBA stars LeBron James and Kevin Durant, who she chided for criticizing President Donald Trump.