Don't ask Dikembe Mutombo his age mmmkay?
Apparently, Dikembe Mutombo is sick of these jokes about his age.
Yep, something's pissing off Mt. Mutombo again. After being taunted by a fan and being called a monkey months ago, Dikembe could be seeing his therapist again soon after this.
For all ya'll who didn't know, Dikembe Mutombo was ridiculed about his race in one of Houston's preseason games. Dikembe Mutombo was playing center for the Houston Rockets when he got into it with a fan. Apparently, the fan screamed out racist slurs at the seven-foot center in the third quarter of their preseason game against the Orlando Magic.
''I am not going to take that. He was insulting my race, my family, my integrity. For him to call me a monkey, that should not happen today,'' Dikembe Mutombo said.
Well, Dikembe's troubles did not end there. No siree. It turns out, jokes about Dikembe's age has been circulating for some time now, dating as far back from his college days in Georgetown and now, he's saying he wants these jokes to stop. Well, his wife told him anyway.
''My wife [Rose] just mentioned that to me a few days ago,'' Mutombo said. ''She said 'Honey, I think this joke has gone on too long and it has to stop. Is there a way you can tell the commissioner during the All-Star break to let the world know that this thing needs to stop, from a media standpoint all the way to the players?'''
''It really doesn't disturb me, but it hurts when your wife starts feeling uncomfortable about it. Even my daughter [Carrie] says, 'Daddy, why are they talking about your age?' She's nine years old and she knows about it.''
''When people think your father is a liar, it makes you look bad in front of your children,'' Mutombo said. ''Kids don't know when it's a joke and when it's not a joke. It never bothered me before, but it starts bothering me more as I'm getting questions from my wife [and] especially my daughter. She left me a voice message in the middle of a game [recently that said], 'Daddy, they're talking about your age on TV. That's not funny.'''
Rumor has it that Dikembe Mutombo is well over 50. Or not. He he...
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