Pro wrestler Ronda Rousey is finally ready to apologize for sharing a video she an called “extremely interesting, must watch” that portrayed the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, which left six staff members and 20 six and seven year olds dead, as a hoax.
Rousey posted a lengthy statement Friday expressing her regret for sharing the video on January 15, 2013, just four weeks following the tragedy. “I can’t say how many times I’ve redrafted this apology over the last 11 years,” her statement begins. “How many times I’ve convinced myself it wasn’t the right time or that I’d be causing even more damage by giving it. But eleven years ago I made the single most regrettable decision of my life. I watched a Sandy Hook conspiracy video and reposted it on Twitter.”
The timing of the statement, at first glance, seems random—but it turns out the wrestling star turned actress was reminded this week how fresh her 11-year-old post is in the minds of her fans, when she held a Reddit forum on Tuesday where she allowed them to “Ask Me Anything.”
