Magic Metropolis Legend
Come Examine Us Out, Luke Kornet
… Do not Knock ‘Until You Strive!!!
Revealed
March 8, 2026
12:30 AM PST
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A legendary Magic Metropolis dancer tells TMZ Sports activities it is clear Luke Kornet’s by no means visited the strip membership … ‘trigger if he did, he would not have criticized the Atlanta Hawks’ promotion honoring the place.
We spoke with Gigi Maguire — one among Magic Metropolis’s biggest performers — this week to debate the noise surrounding the NBA group selling her former office throughout their recreation towards the Orlando Magic on March 16.
Kornet — a Kentucky native and San Antonio Spurs middle — referred to as the tribute disrespectful to ladies … however Maguire argues that Luke and different critics have by no means actually skilled Magic Metropolis, so their judgment relies solely on what they’ve seen in films.
“He ought to see it for himself,” Maguire stated. “I believe that lots of people which have a destructive of their thoughts about strip are those which have by no means been.”
“They see films like ‘Gamers Membership’ and ‘Hustle & Circulate,’ and, , they see that the dancers are disrespected in media and so they see the dancers are portrayed to have drug issues and stuff like that, and so they assume that is what it truly is, and I am right here to inform you that it is not dangerous. It is not that in any respect.”
Maguire — who retired from Magic Metropolis and is now a businesswoman, producer, and voice on Angela Yee’s “Lip Service” podcast — careworn that there shall be no bare strippers on the recreation, leaving her puzzled by the outrage over the Hawks’ tribute.
“It is not that deep. It is one night time,” Maguire stated, “Can adults have one night time to have a good time one thing that is essential to the town of Atlanta?”
She additionally referred to as out Kornet for “selective outrage,” noting he hasn’t had the identical power when NBA gamers have been accused of wrongdoing towards ladies prior to now.
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We additionally spoke to a different Magic Metropolis legend in regards to the backlash over Hawks’ tribute night time … Sonya Meadows, recognized on stage as Platinum. The now-author stated stripping is not disrespectful to ladies — it is leisure, identical to Cirque du Soleil.
“We won’t put a stigma on leisure,” Meadows stated.
Will these two girls put a cease to the backlash?? Extremely uncertain … but it surely’s clear they’re keen about setting the file straight.
