MSNBC anchor Alison Morris allegedly fired for saying Kobe Bryant and Los Angeles Niggers

“Please know I did not & would NEVER use a racist term,” Alison Morris said in a tweet after the report bubbled up.

“Earlier today, while reporting on the tragic news Kobe Bryant’s passing, I unfortunately stuttered on air, combining the names the Knicks and the Lakers to say ‘Nakers,’” Morris tweeted later on Sunday. “Please know I did not & would NEVER use a racist term. I apologize for the confusion this caused.”

MSNBC anchor Alison Morris responded to a viral video on Sunday, trying to explain a vocal flub during a report on the death former NBA star Kobe Bryant that many on social media took to be the N-word. Not long after the news Bryant’s death in a helicopter crash broke, Morris told MSNBC viewers that Bryant was “perfectly cast” on the Los Angeles Lakers, except she stumbled over the name the team. Many believe Morris uttered the N-word but she said that is simply not the case.