The Charlotte Hornets have apologized for appearing to gift a PlayStation 5 to a child during an on-court skit, only to later take it back from him off camera.

A young Charlotte Hornets fan thought he was receiving a Christmas wish when he was gifted a coveted PlayStation 5 in front of a raucous crowd during Monday night's game, but was crushed when the team took the video game console away from him backstage moments later.

The incident has created a lot of waves of social media, as it was captured in a post on X that now has over 4.5 million views.

The Charlotte Hornets are under fire this week for their scummy actions with a young die-hard fan. After giving away a PlayStation 5 to one lucky kid during a halftime event, the team allegedly took back the prize off-camera and left the kid with nothing but a jersey.

Talk about an intentional foul. A young Charlotte Hornets fan thought he was receiving a Christmas wish when he was gifted a coveted PlayStation 5 in front of a raucous crowd during Monday night's game, but he was crushed when the team took the video game console away from him backstage moments later.

I get that the new console generation is expensive, but this feels excessive. At a recent home game, the Charlotte Hornets hosted a "special segment" in which a few children selected from the audience received various goodies including a signed jersey and a PS5,

The Charlotte Hornets NBA team performed an ill-received half time skit in its game against the Philadelphia 76ers this week, when it pretended to give a child a PlayStation 5 before taking it away when the cameras stopped rolling.

Following an off-court incident where a child had a gifted PS5 taken away from them, the Charlotte Hornets have issued an apology statement. Per the statement, the child will indeed be receiving a PS5,