Stephanie Wei offends Akronites with ‘arsehole of America’ tweet
@charlietour no, I’m in the arsehole of America still, Akron. I get in on Monday. Will you have a car?— Stephanie Wei (@StephanieWei) August 5, 2012
Akron Beacon Journal columnist Bob Dyer didn’t like that “arsehole of America” crack — and he let Sports Illustrated and Wall Street Journal contributor Stephanie Wei know.
I approached her in the Firestone Country Club media building on Sunday, where she was pecking away on her laptop.
I held up my cell phone, displaying the tweet in question. She looked as if she been nailed in the back with an errant tee-shot.
I turned on my tape recorder.
“It was just a joke,” she said. …
After I confronted her, Wei issued the following tweet:
LOL..apparently a tweet in jest re: Akron last night offended some people. My apologies. It was an offhand comment, not meant seriously.
— Stephanie Wei (@StephanieWei) August 5, 2012
* Bob Dyer to Stephanie Wie: “Nice mouth. Nice attitude” (ohio.com) || Follow Wei on Twitter
