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The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Ronda Rousey ‘so, so sorry’ for prior Sandy Hook shooting denialism

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Ronda Rousey. Photograph: Fox Image Collection/Getty Images

The former Ultimate Fighting Championship superstar Ronda Rousey has issued her most detailed apology yet for having once engaged in Sandy Hook school shooting denialism after Reddit users inundated her with criticism during a question-and-answer session on the platform.

Rousey on Tuesday was participating in one of the Ask Me Anything discussions that celebrities frequently have with Reddit users when she was quickly flooded with questions and disapproval about her having spread misinformation baselessly challenging the veracity of the 2012 attack in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 20 schoolchildren and six adults.

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