Cowboys' Jerry Jones apologizes for racial remark in video

 

November 19, 2017



FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has apologized after a gossip website posted a 4-year-old video of him making a racially insensitive comment.

The Blast website reported the video was shot in 2013 at a Dallas hotel by a white man who asked Jones if he would tape a message for his fiancee. Jones appeared to be joking when he said, "Hey, Jennifer, congratulations on the wedding. Now, you know he's with a black girl tonight, don't you?"

After the video's release Friday, Jones apologized in a statement issued by the team, saying, "That comment was inappropriate. It's not who I...



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