Commenters extend criticism to Spike Lee and other celebrity endorsers
3 Sep 22 7:22 PM · 1d ago · 34 comments · 1 source · development 3 of 4
A commenter noted that filmmaker Spike Lee is also involved in similar promotion, framing it as a broader pattern of celebrities endorsing gambling despite its social harm.
“And Spike Lee too, apparently no longer concerned with doing the right thing.”
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And Spike Lee too, apparently no longer concerned with doing the right thing.
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He is and he's destroying lives Bc the thing about money & power is it brings out the worst in people. Even those who start out empathetic become jaded & disillusioned by all the parasites seeking handouts surrounding them. When they close themselves off that empathy & compassion is but a distant
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GTFOHWTMFBS 🤡 The stock market, lotteries, fantasy leagues, weekly game pools, poker, mahjong, bingo…child please gambling is all over the place! And ALCOHOL is a bigger harm to society killing 178,000 every year but Modelo, Tequila and Whiskey commercials are all good…just stop🙄
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Crack is less profitable and far less reliable
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I find these sports 'sponsorships' by gambling businesses to be heinous. And for players to be encouraging sports fans to take part in gambling is rotten. Gambler addicts will do anything to get that 'high' of winning. Unfortunately, that high doesn't happen all the time. So, you keep gambling.
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Sure looks like a sell out, making $$ on other people’s misfortune or possibly addiction. They should be forced to publicize the low percentage of winners, but no that would be a deterence
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I’ve been typing it everywhere: online gambling - especially on sports - is the next fentanyl. All these celebs promoting it? I’d bet they’re in debt.
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His nickname has gone from the “king” to the “sellout”
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Memory that is attributed to the naivety & idealism of youth & inexperience. It becomes easy to be dismissive & self serving as all your relationships become one way streets where you're always expected to pay the way, bc you can afford it, right? Not that I'm defending them simply explaining the
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I agree. I wonder what happened to all of these Black sports entertainment celebrities as the successful ones have turned their back on the Black communities by aligning themselves with harmful corps who drain resources from the black communities, especially our youth.
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Thank you!!! 💯💯💯 All of a sudden when Lebron backs Polymarket he’s a detriment to society! Tom Brady was out there peddling Crypto which sucked millions out of unsuspecting folks but he’s still all good! It’s always goes back to that same damn reason 🤔
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Hopefully, LeBron, Kevin Hart and all the other celebrities hawking these family wrecking sites hear this and stop now.
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Exactly! Why does someone with so much money & influence use his star-power to encourage people to gamble?
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I read somewhere that gambling addiction is harder to “cure” than heroin.
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What’s next, a contract with Marlboro? Oh sorry, Newport Lights.
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You do what you have to do to make ends meet. /s
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Any chance he will reverse himself on this????
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"He might as well be selling crack." No different than the Sacklers and Oxycontin. Kid on the street selling heroin gets 8 to 10 years and a life of poverty. Sacklers walk away unpunished and still wallowing in $ billions. Don't tell me America is or ever has been great.
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And to think he was once a respected athlete. LeBron just is another rich scumbag billionaire. Nothing more. He is a toxic tiny minded little man.
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I think it’s great that our lawmakers sold out. Since they have no spine and no moral character we all get to enjoy the seventh circle of hell.
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He’s reached billionaire status and is making a cash grab on the way out of the door. Magic trashed his reputation, LeBron is doing the same.
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Prediction and sports gambling are going to destroy this generation, as opioids did to the last generation.
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Gambling addiction isn't recognized as a mental illness. All these celebs are doing it. Why not him?
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I'd take Sydney Sweeney over Cro-Magnon James every day. At least she doesn't look like a crook.
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