{"id":437881,"date":"2026-09-16T16:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/437881\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T16:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:48:23","slug":"texas-longhorns-star-qb-arch-manning-apologizes-to-espn-reporter-for-fake-ai-video-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/437881\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Longhorns star QB Arch Manning apologizes to ESPN reporter for fake AI video reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">AUSTIN, Texas \u2013 Texas quarterback Arch Manning has apologized to ESPN reporter Holly Rowe after his reaction to a fake AI-generated video drew attention on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The controversy began after a tense, brief interview between Texas coach Steve Sarkisian and Rowe went viral following the Longhorns\u2019 close win over Ohio State Saturday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Afterward, a fake AI video circulated online appearing to show Sarkisian hitting Rowe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The video was not real, but it spread widely enough to prompt more discussion online. Manning laughed when asked about it, adding to the reaction on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/archmanning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Manning posted an apology to Rowe on Instagram<\/a>, saying he respected her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cIn my press conference yesterday (Tuesday), I made an insensitive comment about an AI video,\u201d Manning said in his post. \u201cThere is nothing funny about it. It\u2019s easy to say I didn\u2019t mean it, but I know my words and actions were hurtful to a lot of people. I do not take that lightly and am deeply sorry for that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Rowe said she accepted the apology and that they are moving forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The incident adds to growing concerns about AI-generated videos spreading quickly online and being mistaken for real moments, especially after high-profile games and interviews.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/sports\/2026\/09\/15\/thomas-j-henry-to-sponsor-utsa-basketball-volleyball-jerseys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/sports\/2026\/09\/15\/thomas-j-henry-to-sponsor-utsa-basketball-volleyball-jerseys\/\">Thomas J. Henry to sponsor UTSA basketball, volleyball jerseys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2013 Texas quarterback Arch Manning has apologized to ESPN reporter Holly Rowe after his reaction to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3230,132,134,133,2470,702,3231,27,1481,1711],"class_list":["post-437881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-arch-manning","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-longhorns","tag-social-media","tag-steve-sarkisian","tag-texas","tag-trending","tag-viral"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}