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According to USA Today, Trautwig later emailed NBC Sports, saying, "I regret that I wasn’t more clear in my wording on the air. I compounded the error on Twitter, which I quickly corrected. To set the record straight, Ron and Nellie are Simone’s parents."

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Many people attacked Trautwig in reaction to his tweet, and NBC responded in a statement, "We became aware of the situation last night and addressed it with Al quickly."

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Veronica Graves is a digital-news associate at The Root. Follow her on Twitter.