Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Kai, has finally had her alleged video editing explained after being booed at Game Three of the NBA Finals between New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden on 8 June.
The New York City game ended in a 2-1, but while all the attention should have been on the players, people couldn’t help but notice the President of the United States who came along to the event with Kai Trump.
Per UNILAD, the president was booed by fans during his arrival, with Kai beside him.
But while Trump shared a video of his Presidential car driving through crowds in NYC chanting and cheering for the POTUS, the same can’t be said for what he experienced in the arena.
Despite Kai’s later video having seemingly cropped the boos out.
Kai Trump has been accused of editing the footage of her and Donald Trump at the Knicks (NBA/ESPN)
Kai Trump has been accused of editing the footage of her and Donald Trump at the Knicks (NBA/ESPN)
Kai, who is 19, wrote on Instagram after the game: "The atmosphere was amazing. Let's get that win on Wednesday. Go Knicks."
Similarly, Trump spoke to press after the game and appeared to have heard a different reception than the one captured on film as he said: "It was, I think, mostly cheers. It was loud, and it was very enthusiastic."
But people weren’t letting it slide.
“Girl your face says it all lmao!! Grandpa & u were BOOED,” said one commenter online, as another wrote: “She replaced the audio.”
However, Page Six says this wasn’t the case.
In fact, Kai apparently wasn’t the one to create the post, and it instead was made by a company called 15 Seconds of Fame which allegedly uses AI to identify when users are on arena screens and sends the person the clip of themselves.
Per the outlet, the company edits the videos before sending the polished product to the intended audience.
However, apparently it was edited by a third party (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
However, apparently it was edited by a third party (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
“The video shared by Kai Trump on Instagram was exactly the clip delivered by 15SOF to her account on our app and at no time did she request that any audio be altered, enhanced, replaced, or otherwise manipulated,” a company spokesperson told the outlet.
“Due to various broadcast, licensing, and contractual restrictions, 15SOF frequently cannot distribute original event audio and instead utilizes automated alternate contextual audio tracks as part of our content-delivery process. The audio selection process is entirely automated and is not directed by individual users.”
“Like every video we share with users from around the world —whether epic, historic, or (in this case as Ms. Trump described it) ‘nostalgic’ moments between a granddaughter and her grandfather —we are proud to deliver these once-fleeting moments back to fans and preserve memories that otherwise would have been lost forever.”