What did Kevin Durant say to Michael Rapaport?
ACTOR and comedian Michael Rapaport has publicly accused basketball player Kevin Durant of threatening him.
Here is what we know about the Twitter row between the famous pair.
What did Kevin Durant say to Michael Rapaport?
made his accusation about threats in a Twitter post published on March 30, 2021.
The post included screenshots from a series of private messages, allegedly exchanged between Rapaport and Brooklyn Nets player Durant around December 23, 2020.
The screenshots suggest the confrontation began when Rapaport criticized Durant’s post-game interview with TNT analyst Charles Barkley after Brooklyn’s season-opening victory over the Golden State Warriors in December.
Rapaport tweeted: "I receive threats and disgusting messages DAILY, but never in my wildest dreams did I think @KDTrey5 would be among them.
The 32-year-old made a tepid attempt to defuse the situation in Rapaport’s Instagram comments.
The basketball star wrote: "My bad I apologize."
Was Kevin Durant fined because of the exchange?
ESPN's NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski reported on April 2 that the league fined the Brooklyn Nets star $50,000.
"NBA is fining Kevin Durant $50,000 for social exchange with actor," Woj said in a tweet.