College Announcer Apologizes For ‘Ozempic’ Comment To Dance Team Members
Written by Tariq on October 1, 2025
A college football announcer is apologizing for his comment on the size of a rival team’s dance squad. An announcer at an HBCU is under fire on social media for comments he made over the weekend. While football is big at HBCUs, sometimes, the bands and dance teams are even bigger. The band announcer for Florida A&M made a distasteful comment on the size of the dance team members for Alabama State. Alabama State’s Honey Beez team, which was created in 2004, are a plus-sized student dance team. Members are required to be 250 pounds or heavier. Back in 2017, they appeared on NBC’s hit show “America’s Got Talent.” But announcer Joe Bullard made a derogatory comment as the team took the field on Saturday afternoon.
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Bullard made a short comment while the Honey Beez dancers took the field prior to the halftime show. “The new face of Ozempic,” he said. Ozempic, a GLP-1, works to control someone’s blood sugar and appetite. It’s been used in recent years as a weight loss drug. Many celebrities, including former women’s tennis star Serena Williams, have admitted to being on a GLP-1. But Bullard’s comment about the dance team did not sit well on social media.
“I would like to sincerely apologize for my remarks during the Florida A&M University vs. Alabama State University football game this past Saturday,” Bullard wrote in a statement. “My comments directed toward the ASU Honey Beez were meant as lighthearted banter, but I now recognize that they came across in a way that was hurtful and disrespectful.”
Source: Yahoo
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