FCC Received 2 Complaints for LeBron’s Curse Words During Championship Parade Speech

On June 22, after the Cavaliers’ championship parade concluded, Cavs players, coaches, and front office members went up on stage and delivered their messages to the fan base.

When it was LeBron’s turn to speak, he left no filter between saying what he really felt, dropping f-bombs, mothers of f-bombs, and so on and so forth.

For viewers watching the speech on their televisions at home, it raised quite a few eyebrows that the networks were not censoring it (at first) and even when they did start to try to censor parts, they let a few slip in between.

What can you do, though? It’s live TV. Gotta have cat-like reflexes on the dump button.

But all things considered, the world didn’t turn over on its axis because od LeBron swearing.

Many Clevelanders couldn’t even possibly have imagined what it would feel like to have a championship parade after over 50 years wandering in the desert.

Apparently, one of the results is that LeBron just lets it all fly.

Despite the all-around happiness surrounding the event, there were two people who were not fond of LeBron’s speech. These two people were so offended by it that they took the time to complain to the FCC.

Chris B. Haynes of Cleveland.com quoted them in his article on Wednesday. Here’s an excerpt:

The complaints against WKYC and WOIO came June 22, the same day of the parade, from a viewer in Cuyahoga Falls and another in Louisville. The players’ speeches were broadcast live without a five-second delay and the profane language broadcast over the air.

The Louisville viewer wrote to the FCC and said:

“The station allowed Lebron James to repeatedly use profanity on live TV… Thousands and thousands of families were watching the broadcast. Countless children listened to him talk like a drunken sailor. This is completely irresponsible of the network to allow this kind of language on live TV!”

The Cuyahoga Falls viewer wrote:

“I’m very proud of the Cavaliers winning the finals. Happy, fun day in Cleveland OH! But then Lebron got up to speak at the televised rally, and the whole speech reeked of profanity. On live tv – many channels, on live radio broadcasts, in front of a live 1 .3 million audience of fans, including many children. Was so uncalled for!!”

The FCC did not respond to the complaints.

The real question is what will LeBron do for an encore next Summer, should he find himself back on the stage with a mic in one hand and the Larry O’Brien Trophy in the other.

Just a note for the local TV stations, you might want to go with a delay the next time around.