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NBA All-Star Celebrity Game Participant Drops NSFW Word During In-Game Interview

AP Dhillon reacts to dropping an F-bomb during the NBA All-Star celebrity game.
AP Dhillon reacts to dropping an F-bomb during the NBA All-Star celebrity game. | ESPN / Awful Announcin

It's the Friday of NBA All-Star weekend which means the Celebrity Game on ESPN. While TNT focuses on the rising stars later in the evening, fans who paid to see their favorite rookies and second-year players are treated to a game coached by Jerry Rice and Barry Bonds.

Whatever level of celebrity the participants may be, they are all out there to prove they can play.

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Enter rapper, singer, and record producer AP Dhillon who scored multiple baskets during the game. Dhillon did an in-game interview with Mark Jones and Richard Jefferson during the second quarter and explained how he wanted to show what he was capable of on the court and got just a little carried away.

"Does this guy even know how to dribble," said Dhillon. "Is he gonna double-dribble? So I'm here to show like yeah, f------—oh, my bad."

Luckily everyone thought this was funny, including Richard Jefferson who joked that Shaquille O'Neal had texted him to say not to apologize. Shaq also dropped a NSFW line during TNT's NBA coverage on Thursday night right before it was announced he had signed a massive new deal with the network.

Not apologizing was definitely the move here.


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