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"I treat it as if my mother went to the sperm bank. I don't hate him for [not being in my life]. It made me a better person."
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Absentee father certainly isn't the image most have of Malone -- especially in Summerfield and Salt Lake City, where he's revered. In fact, in 2003 Utah governor Mike Leavitt presented Malone and his wife, Kay, with a special declaration to "commend and thank Kay and Karl Malone for their incredible service, friendship, and generosity to the state of Utah." In the press release, Malone's frequent visits to sick children were praised, as well as his Karl Malone Foundation for Kids, which aids children and families in need. It makes his apparent reluctance to be a father to Bell that much more astounding, especially when you consider that Malone also grew up fatherless. Malone's father committed suicide when he was 3.
A decade ago, Malone and his wife -- with whom he has fathered four children -- spoke at a conference on families and talked openly about the children Malone has fathered outside of their marriage.
Of course, the Malones were talking about Daryl and Cheryl, not Demetrius.
I'm sorry - this is pretty bad.
As much as these sports starts are looked up to - they are a large cause of the social ills, especially in the black community because of the numerous cases of single parenthood that has resulted.
Karl Malone is a jerk. That being said, all three of the kids he abandoned earned athletic scholarships and two of them made the highest level of their sport.
Scottie "no tippin'" Pippen knocked some guy out at a sushi restaurant a few days ago too. Bunch of classless tattoed thugs those 90s players were! This is a prime example of everything that was wrong with the league back then.*
*I'm just trolling the dummies who say these things about today's NBA.
Why can't Malone keep it classy and just shoot somebody like the NFL players.
it amazes me because so many football fans around other sports boards (i dont care for football and so dont frequent the one here) hate the nba because it is full of thugs and is all ghetto and stuff. the nfl is far and away full of worse imo.
so malone doesnt want to be a father to this kid, thats his choice. i mean how many other players in all sports have illegitimate kids or have kids they dont even know about, or kids that just happened on some stupid night back in xxxx year.
it amazes me because so many football fans around other sports boards (i dont care for football and so dont frequent the one here) hate the nba because it is full of thugs and is all ghetto and stuff. the nfl is far and away full of worse imo.
so malone doesnt want to be a father to this kid, thats his choice. i mean how many other players in all sports have illegitimate kids or have kids they dont even know about, or kids that just happened on some stupid night back in xxxx year.
Yeah, I'm not defending Malone here I just found the timing rather funny given all the murder charges flying around the NFL.
On top of that, Malone isn't that different from most pro-athletes that have had girls after them since they were 13.
My guess is that it was covered up to prevent stat-rape charges and that Malone provided $$$ support behind the scenes.
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