Look: Fans line up for hours after false rumor Randolph would pay utility bills
Memphis residents flocked to MLGW payment kiosks across the city Saturday after a rumor surfaced that former Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph was donating $1 million to cover customers' utility bills.
However, the rumor turned out to be false.
Please share this to news feeds. Dozens and dozens are wrapped around buildings pic.twitter.com/8mEJGhr1p2
— Teddy Beast (@DaMoundzBeast) July 8, 2017
But what's this pic.twitter.com/mLIwGE4AIZ
— Eugene (@Imma_GENE_Us) July 8, 2017
Large crowd at Memphis utility co. after false rumor that NBA's Zach Randolph donated $1M to pay people’s electric bills 📸 @JupiterJosh pic.twitter.com/jn2itXHnMT
— Coy Wire (@CoyWire) July 8, 2017
Despite confirmation from MLGW on Twitter that Randolph wasn't paying off the utility bills, people continued to wait in line for hours because the kiosks were displaying a zero balance - something the company would later attribute to a glitch, according to WREG-TV.
Randolph eventually took to Twitter as well to confirm the rumor was false.
The rumor about me donating 1 million dollars to MLGW is FALSE. However I will make my annual $20,000 contribution to MIFA/MLGW in the fall
— Zach Randolph (@MacBo50) July 8, 2017