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Luke Kornet may wanna peep this — the oldsters at Magic Metropolis are addressing the backlash surrounding their tribute at an upcoming Atlanta Hawks sport … saying the institution has a lot extra to supply than simply strippers.
Charles chopped it up with supervisor JuJu Barney and dancer Yaya on “TMZ Reside” Wednesday … the place they laid it out as clear as day about what followers can count on on March 16.
“There can be no nudity in any way, in any respect,” Barney stated. “There can be no indicators of nudity, there can be no nudity in any respect. It is strictly simply wings and music and folks having time.”
Barney made it clear that, sure, Magic Metropolis is a strip membership, however its model has reached past grownup leisure.
“It is extra of an iconic place the place anyone who’s a CEO, NBA participant, politician, actresses, actors, all of them come and so they’re all regular after they come right here. Everyone’s the identical after they come to Magic Metropolis. And it is greater than strip, (it is) extra concerning the tradition, the hip hop, the music, the meals, the enjoyable vibes.”
The night time hasn’t come with out some haters, together with the San Antonio Spurs massive man — who stated the transfer was disrespectful to ladies.
We requested Yaya for her tackle that and — whereas she believes Kornet’s coronary heart is in the suitable place — she stated the institution has executed rather a lot for her within the years she’s labored there.
“They’ve taken me throughout the globe,” she stated. “They helped help me all through my complete mid-20s to this point, and one factor that I’ve to say is I do not really feel used, I do not really feel degraded.”
“I really feel like this collaboration, actually, is extra celebratory vitality than something that he is attempting to make it look like. So I actually do not see how this might be a nasty factor for the ladies, and I feel that this kind of commercial is what is going on to even assist them get out of the membership.”
The backlash hasn’t stopped the Hawks one bit — they advised us Tuesday they have not had a single dialog about scrapping the plans.