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The college band announcer who body-shamed a plus-size dance team is apologizing

Joe Bullard offered an apology in a Facebook post on Monday

"I have come to understand that my words crossed a line," Bullard wrote in part

The college band announcer who called a plus-size dance team “the new face of Ozempic ” is offering an apology.

"Friendly competition and playful jesting have long been a part of HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) band culture, but I have come to understand that my words crossed a line," Joe Bullard, Florida A&M University's longtime band announcer, wrote in a post on Facebook on Monday, Sept. 29, according to the Tallahassee Democrat . "My intention was never to belittle or disrespect the incredible young people who represent our s

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