NBA’s Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green, who is also playing on the U.S. Olympic team, apologized Sunday for sharing a photo of his penis on the social media site Snapchat.
The Olympic team member posted the image on Sunday and said he realized his mistake right away.
“It was a situation where it was meant to be a private message,” Green said, according to ESPN.
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“I kinda hit the wrong button and it sucks,” he went on to say. “It was meant to be private. We’re all one click away from placing something in the wrong place, and I suffered from that this morning.”
The photo was public for 10 minutes before being taken down.
In an apparent move to play off the unintended and explicit selfie, Green first indicated to this followers that his account was hacked:
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But then he fessed up right before Team USA took the court for practice at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, revealing that he accidentally hit the wrong button on his phone.
Green’s social media gaffe quickly became a trending topic on Twitter, inspiring these choice tweets:
This isn’t the first time Green has found himself in hot water. Just this month, Green made a plea deal to avoid jail time and receive reduced the charges for allegedly slapping Michigan State University football player Jermaine Edmondson and for a noise violation, according to ESPN.
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