Arch Manning apologizes for ‘insensitive’ joke about AI video of ESPN’s Holly Rowe
Texas’s star quarterback, Arch Manning, has apologized after joking about an AI-generated video that depicted Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian slapping ESPN college football reporter Holly Rowe after last Saturday’s game. Manning had been asked at a press conference on Monday about the social media reaction to the Longhorns’ 24-23 upset win over No 1 Ohio State. Rowe had attempted to ask Sarkisian a question for the standard postgame interview, but the coach interrupted her and yelled a pair of Texas slogans befo…
An AI-made video showing a coach slapping ESPN reporter Holly Rowe spread online, and after Arch Manning called it hilarious in a post seen over 27m times, he apologized for the personal harm to her.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-09-15
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