“I think my statements were playful in a group of people.
I do apologize for what I said, and that’s very sincere.
I think Kemi was, and is, a great person.

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“I appreciate you letting me be able to voice my opinion about that,” answered Matthews.
“We spoke earlier in the evening.
And rice pudding was spoken about in slop pudding.
It had nothing absolutely nothing to do with her ethnicity whatsoever.
I appreciate that I get to voice me saying that.”