“I never want to be part of anything negative”: Pat McAfee finally speaks on scandal linked to Ole Miss' Mary Kate Cornett

Former NFL player and popular host Pat McAfee has found himself in a huge scandal related to Ole Miss’ Mary Kate Cornett in the last few weeks. Mary Kate Cornett, a 18 year old college freshman at the University of Mississippi, has spoken about the things she went to after Pat McAfee spoke about an unverified rumour about her on his show, according to The Athletic. Now, Pat McAfee has finally broken his silence about the whole controversy.After days of silence, Pat McAfee opened up about the incident on the Big Night Aht show a few days back, without taking Mary Kate Cornett’s name.The former NFL player and popular host Pat McAfee said,“Just like the current situation that is happening, where I have a lot of people saying that I should be sued. I want to say this: I never, ever want to be a part of anything negative in anybody’s life, ever.”Pat McAfee added, “That is not what I want to do. For all of these events, you f–king know it that my lawyers are Pittsburgh lawyers and they’re in here tonight…They have the same mindset as me, empathy but understanding reality.”He continued, “We will try to figure that out and make some sort of silver lining in a very terrible situation. You can have that promise from me.”For the unversed, on 26th February, Pat McAfee spoke about an unverified rumour on his show, The Pat McAfee Show. The rumour was about a University of Mississppi student that had been trending on X.The rumour was how this particular student had slept with her boyfriend’s father and it had become a huge scandal. Before Pat McAfee spoke about it on his show, for unknown reasons, college students had linked the rumour to Mary Kate Cornett.The moment Pat McAfee spoke about it on his popular show without taking her name, it suddenly became a huge scandal and Mary Kate Cornett had to face bullying and was constantly ridiculed by her peers for her, as per The Athletic.In a recent interview to the NBC News, Mary Kate Cornett slammed Pat McAfee for using an unverified rumour about her to “get views.”Mary Kate Cornett’s boyfriend as well as her parents, have stood up for the college freshman and have constantly defended her. Many fans are furious at Pat McAfee because of the trauma that Mary Kate Cornett had to undergo due to his show.Also Read: Who is Ole Miss' Mary Kate Cornett? The college freshman whose life was changed by Pat McAfee’s remarks