Nearly five months after first talking about a viral internet rumor on his show, Pat McAfee made a public apology to then Ole Miss college freshman Mary Kate Cornett, found at the center of a vicious and false rumor. McAfee says he met with Mary Kate and her family recently to apologize. The ESPN host said he has since learned the story “was not true”. NBC’s Tom Llamas reports.
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