Michael Jordan Once Disrespected Former WWE Star Mark Henry At 1996 Olympics: "Be Careful What You Say, But Even More Careful Of How You Say It."

“Got to meet the great Michael Jordan. Not at first. The way the story goes is, Michael asked ‘who are you?’ Because I didn’t fit in. I was in an environment where it was all basketball players. And he’s like who is this big guy. And I understand that. But my mother used to say, ‘be careful what you say, but even more careful of how you say it’. And the way that he said it to me was very disrespectful, I thought. And I checked him about it, and he apologized. Hell, he even invited me to his birthday party at the All-Star game. And I went to his birthday party, said happy birthday and thanks for the invite and had a good time, and took my a** home.”

Clearly, Jordan’s disrespect was unintentional. And when called out on it, he instantly apologized. MJ was not trying to be disrespectful to his fellow Olympian but was just confused as to which sport he belonged to, as his build was not that of a basketball player or any other Olympic sport that MJ knew of.

Jordan was extremely graceful in his apology. And he made sure to make it up to Henry by inviting him to his birthday party. 

Not everyone is so lucky to get an apology from Jordan after being disrespected by him. MJ was a ruthless trash talker, and players in the NBA were constantly on the receiving end of disrespect from MJ. Surely, MJ did not apologize for that at all, nor should he, as it was the way things went in the NBA at the time.