Lolo Jones has been known to make some bad decisions on Twitter, but this has to be the absolute worst. Sure she says she didn’t know that Eric Legrand is a former college football player that was paralyzed, but that’s no excuse. As a public figure, you have to be far more careful what you say if you’re gonna attack someone, after they casually ask you to race.
@lolojones want to race me?
— Eric LeGrand (@EricLeGrand52) October 2, 2012
One of the tweets that she deleted that you can’t see said this, “I race for money or olympic medals… so how much u wanna wager? 40K? Just go ahead and write the check to Lolo S. Jones.” Pretty cocky attitude for someone who has still never won an olympic medal.
Well at least one person understands. 20K more will send hate tweets RT @cheedelt: u didn't know. No harm no foul. He'll take it in stride
— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) October 3, 2012
Well at least one person understands. 20K more will send hate tweets RT @cheedelt: u didn't know. No harm no foul. He'll take it in stride
— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) October 3, 2012
Lucky for her Eric LeGrand is a great guy and he even said to her that he was sorry she was getting so much bad attention, and that he didn’t take her comments too seriously. LeGrand continues to impress me with his will and his ability to forgive people; he is truly someone that kids should look up to.
@lolojones definitely did not take it personal, I understand exactly where you are coming from. All good over here
— Eric LeGrand (@EricLeGrand52) October 3, 2012
@lolojones did not mean to start anything at all, sorry for all this crazy stuff being said. Much respect for you
— Eric LeGrand (@EricLeGrand52) October 3, 2012
H/T: Larry Brown Sports