{"id":339567,"date":"2020-01-29T11:30:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T19:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=339567"},"modified":"2020-01-29T11:30:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T19:30:01","slug":"joanna-jedrzejczyk-responds-to-weili-zhang-amid-backlash-for-coronavirus-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/joanna-jedrzejczyk-responds-to-weili-zhang-amid-backlash-for-coronavirus-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Joanna Jedrzejczyk responds to Weili Zhang amid backlash for Coronavirus post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joanna Jedrzejczyk has found herself in hot water after sharing a controversial picture to her Instagram story.<\/p>\n

The post in question included a promotional image of Jedrzejczyk and her UFC 248 opponent, China’s Weili Zhang. The controversy stemmed from the fact that, in the image, Jedrzejczyk was wearing a gas mask \u2014 at a time when Zhang’s homeland is reeling from a deadly Coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n

See this image below:<\/p>\n

\"Weili<\/p>\n

While Jedrzejczyk was quick to delete this post from her story, Zhang still understandably had something to say about it. The Chinese star issued a response<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo make fun of tragedy is a true sign of ones character,” Zhang wrote in her post. “People are dying, someones father, someones mother, someones child. Say what you want about me if it makes you feel stronger but do not joke about what\u2019s happening here. I wish you good health until March 7th. I will see you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, Jedrzejczyk has responded to this comment from her Zhang. She made her response in a video posted on her Instagram story.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey champ,” Jedrzejczyk said (via MMA Junkie<\/a>). “Hey Weili. I\u2019m so sorry to make you feel bad, but I\u2019d never make fun of sick people or a virus. I didn\u2019t want you to get offended. I just made fun of the funny internet meme. So, so sorry, but still, I\u2019ll see you March 7. Don\u2019t get emotional, OK?\u201d<\/p>\n

Joanna Jedrzejczyk, the former UFC strawweight champion, will challenge Weili Zhang for the belt at UFC 248, which goes down on March 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n

What do you think of the controversial post Jedrzejczyk shared in her Instagram story?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 1\/29\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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