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Fox News Shocked Olympic Basketball Team Celebrated Victory With Booze

August 10, 2021
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Who knew that grown adults sometimes celebrate by drinking alcohol?

Fox News came under a severe amount of Twitter mockery on Monday after it suggested the notion that American Olympians might celebrate a gold medal victory by drinking alcohol was somehow shocking.

The network went into pearl-clutching mode after Team USA basketball star Kevin Durant posted clips to Instagram showing he and his fellow hoop players celebrating their fourth consecutive gold medal by drinking Lobos Tequila, a booze brand in which LeBron James is a major investor.

As you can see below, the team seems happily buzzed after the win against France, which beat Team USA earlier in the Olympics.

https://twitter.com/overtime/status/1423995043208118272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1423995043208118272%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ffox-news-usa-olympic-basketball-drunk_n_6111848ae4b001428556e2b3

Since Fox News personalities like Laura Ingraham have gone after members of the U.S. Olympic team for being “self-promoting woke-sters,” the network decided that “pearl-clutching” was the best take for a story on the post-victory celebration.

https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1424787559989710852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1424787559989710852%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ffox-news-usa-olympic-basketball-drunk_n_6111848ae4b001428556e2b3

Many Twitter users quickly mocked the network’s attempt to make a happy moment for the team seem somehow shocking or alarming.

https://twitter.com/jtylerconway/status/1424797374459924481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1424797374459924481%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ffox-news-usa-olympic-basketball-drunk_n_6111848ae4b001428556e2b3

https://twitter.com/linzsports/status/1424809680770146311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1424809680770146311%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ffox-news-usa-olympic-basketball-drunk_n_6111848ae4b001428556e2b3

https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1424787894955220992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1424787894955220992%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ffox-news-usa-olympic-basketball-drunk_n_6111848ae4b001428556e2b3

https://twitter.com/dumbassgenius/status/1424810277975986176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1424810277975986176%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ffox-news-usa-olympic-basketball-drunk_n_6111848ae4b001428556e2b3

Some people had questions.

https://twitter.com/MattVereen/status/1424816190652887042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1424816190652887042%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ffox-news-usa-olympic-basketball-drunk_n_6111848ae4b001428556e2b3

https://twitter.com/JackWascher/status/1424793542757605377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1424793542757605377%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ffox-news-usa-olympic-basketball-drunk_n_6111848ae4b001428556e2b3

https://twitter.com/Eddie_Rado/status/1424791883885256706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1424791883885256706%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ffox-news-usa-olympic-basketball-drunk_n_6111848ae4b001428556e2b3

One person suggested there was a time and place to celebrate ― and that place is when you’re broadcasting live.

https://twitter.com/joshgans/status/1424794124826337281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1424794124826337281%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ffox-news-usa-olympic-basketball-drunk_n_6111848ae4b001428556e2b3


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