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Did Tiki get offensive on air?
The video was nine days old by the time it became a minor blogosphere sensation Thursday, but it was difficult to ignore: Was that really the famously buttoned-down former Giants running back Tiki Barber aiming a wildly offensive word at MSNBC colleague Jenna Wolfe? MSNBC and Barber insisted it wasn't, no matter how it sounded. Barber, Wolfe and Brian Williams were in Beijing debating whether it is more important for a country to finish atop the total medal count in the Olympics or atop the gold medal count. At one point Barber turned to Wolfe and said, "You're a total medal ----." To many ears, it sounded like an offensive word usually aimed at women. But MSNBC said Barber meant to say "You're a total medal count," meaning Wolfe was on that side of the ongoing debate. "I would never disrespect a colleague and friend with that kind of language," Barber said from Beijing through an MSNBC spokeswoman, who said Barber had no idea of a budding controversy until she informed him of it."
Tiki Barber, Peter Kramer/Getty Images
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To be BLUNT tiki would never call a woman a *UNT
Asbel
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tikt is an **** jerry
jerry R
Lake Toxaway, NC
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He really meant she had a nice set of "TIKI"s" ...LOL.
Circus Maximus
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Tsk, tsk.
T Rocks
Mysterious, PA
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How the mighty have fallen.. I guess watching his proclaimed "loser coach and team" win the SB without him still has him on edge...
drj0514
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decide for yourselves, check out the first 30 seconds.
http://tinyurl.com/5gq3y3
after the ring comment, i'm pretty sure I didn't hear "count"
pw
New Baltimore , NY
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What the hell is the New York Newsday? Some rag lower on the pole than the NY Post it seems.
C-Smith
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He definitely said something that rhymes with punt, but I don't think it was intentional.
C-Smith
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Come on, this is dumb. It sounds like he said punt with a c, but there's now why he actually said that word or meant to.
Fan2448
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even her eyes at 30 seconds tells what she heard.
pw
New Baltimore , NY
Total Comments (2906)
and Tiki is a total media w*h*o*r*e
van_richten
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This is an incident that could end his "career". Ask Howard Cosell.
jackman....!
Draft A Qb, NC
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I wouldnt be surprised if he did call her a c***...Tiki gets on my last nerves...
Sportsfandiva..
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dems fightin words...
it IS funny though.....lol
KPKahder -
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VAN ! ! ! ! ! ! !
where you at ?????
KPKahder -
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Did anyone see the USA Softball girls crying after losing? Get a grip girls.
jackman....!
Draft A Qb, NC
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