In news that will stun all of you, NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace feels he is being unjustly judged. And, if you’re a NASCAR fan or media member, it’s your fault.
The chauffeur, who has become a lightning rod of controversy for many years, beginning with his unverified claim that somebody made a “noose” and left it in his garage as a racial attack versus him, now says that fans blew his middle finger episode of a few weeks ago out of proportion because they treat him differently than other drivers.
@BubbaWallace discuss his propensity for flipping the bird and why he plans to stop doing it. pic.twitter.com/Gtq1aR3t5w
— Kyle Dalton (@kdsportswriter) June 10, 2023
For those of you who require a reminder of the event Wallace is referencing, the social justice warrior turned NASCAR heel gave the middle finger last month throughout a live interview with Fox Sports.
Genuine expert there @BubbaWallace @ 23XIRacing turning the bird at the start of his post race interview. No class male. #NASCAR @NASCAR @NASCARONFOX pic.twitter.com/bg7fiIrHol
— Charlie Waffles (@CWaffles) Might 22, 2023
And that’s actually the story, isn’t it? Wallace recommendations other drivers giving each other the middle finger after wrecks. Which, if that’s all Wallace did, would not have actually been that big of an offer.
However he didn’t do that.
He offered the bird to the camera throughout a live interview on nationwide television. That’s not a “heat of the minute” indiscretion after an automobile accident. That’s something he had time to think of. He likewise did it in the direction of the video camera, which would naturally lead individuals to think he was flipping off the audience. Now, as it turns out, Wallace was playfully providing the bird to a good friend.
However still, you wish to know why people might treat a middle finger focused on them in an interview in a different way than one focused on a motorist after a wreck. There it is. However this is Wallace’s thing now. He is a heel. And truthfully, he is much more likable in this role than he was as a social justice warrior. I actually hope he does not change.