Kenyon Martin’s recent confrontation with a staffer on Gil’s Arena has gone viral for lasting nearly eight minutes and really digging into the guy’s character.
While sitting on the couch during an episode of the popular podcast that was released on Mar. 17, Martin stopped the proceedings to call out someone behind the camera to address the latter making fun of his speech impediment.
“Something recently was brought to my attention that one of the people that works here that we see daily and I brought this person into my home, right? Had this person around my wife, my kids, right? Treated with nothing but respect. Right? And this is a loyalty situation. I want people with their kids, teaching situation. When people tell you to be careful who you bring into your inner circle, be careful who you bring into your home, this is the situation that I’m speaking of right now,” Martin began.
After calling the man to the stage, Martin brought out his smartphone. Then he played a video of the man making fun of Martin’s speech impediment. The audio is hard to hear, but it’s clear that the man ridiculed the former NBA player’s ability to deliver sentences without stuttering — something that Martin has been very clear is a sensitive subject for him.
As the man attempted to clarify that he’d apologized for the video, Martin was very clear about the fact that he doesn’t accept it.
“That’s something I have stated time and time again on this couch, sensitive subject. Sensitive subject for me, right? I drew a line in the sand a long time ago with this,” Martin said. “There is no apology ever that as an adult that I would accept for this. I came in here one day over at Gil’s house and you walked up to me and tried to apologize out the blue. I blew you off because I didn’t know what you were talking about.”
Martin’s parting thought, that he made clear multiple times in the rant, was that you should watch who you put in your inner circle. It’s clear that the staffer won’t be in Martin’s anymore.
Check out the video up above.
