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Bubba Wallace Changes His Tune in New Statement About 'Noose' Incident

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The FBI concluded on Tuesday that the NASCAR "noose" incident involving race car driver Bubba Wallace was not a hate crime. A rope fashioned as a noose was discovered in Wallace's garage stall ahead of the Talladega race in Lincoln, Alabama, and he and his supporters were outraged, determining that it was a noose, especially because it was discovered just a few days after Wallace said he wanted to ban Confederate flags at all circuit events. So NASCAR and the FBI conducted an investigation into the matter.

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The agency determined that the rope had been in the garage since October 2019, clearly not intended to target Wallace. NASCAR confirmed the findings and released a statement that they were relieved this not an intentional act of racism against Bubba.

But in an interview with CNN's Don Lemon Tuesday night, Wallace maintained that it was a noose and not a garage pull. Wallace explained that he himself never saw the rope. It was a NASCAR official that reported it to the authorities.

"Whether tied in 2019, or whatever, it was a noose," Wallace said.

But it appears that Wallace is now cleaning up his comments. In another new statement, it seems that he accepts that the rope was not intended to be a noose and he's "relieved" that the situation is not what they feared it was. Wallace also says he and his team are a bit "embarrassed," but it's better than being the victim of a hate crime.

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Some people welcomed the explanation. But critics said it was too little, too late, and that he's already lost some fans.

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