--- title: Lebron James Criticizes Donald Trump's Locker Room Comments description: Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James rejected Donald Trump’s characterization of lewd comments on women as “locker room talk." canonical: https://time.com/4528511/lebron-james-donald-trump-locker-room/ author: Sports Illustrated article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-12T18:38:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:35.165Z og:title: LeBron James Condemns Donald Trump's 'Locker Room Talk' og:description: 'We don't disrespect women in no shape or fashion in our locker rooms' og:url: https://time.com/4528511/lebron-james-donald-trump-locker-room/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35c613fce1ddc541/6988a9ae524fc06082df9d36/lebron-james-donald-trump-locker-room.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3600 og:image:height: 2025 og:image:alt: Cleveland Cavaliers Training Camp og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: LeBron James Condemns Donald Trump's 'Locker Room Talk' twitter:description: 'We don't disrespect women in no shape or fashion in our locker rooms' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35c613fce1ddc541/6988a9ae524fc06082df9d36/lebron-james-donald-trump-locker-room.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # LeBron James Condemns Donald Trump's 'Locker Room Talk' > Sponsored content. 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David Liam Kyle—NBAE/Getty Images by [Sports Illustrated](https://time.com/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Sports Illustrated Oct 12, 2016 6:38 PM UTC Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James rejected Donald Trump’s characterization of lewd comments on women as “locker room talk,” calling the presidential candidate’s words “trash talk” while addressing reporters on Wednesday. In a 2005 video tape, [obtained by _The Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4%5Fstory.html) and NBC News, Trump made a series of lewd comments about women in a conversation with Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush. Trump describes trying to have sex with a married woman and brags about women letting him kiss and grab them because he is famous. The Republican presidential nominee responded to critics by trying to characterize his predatory, sexual comments about women as “locker room talk.” James pushed back against that on Wednesday, “What is locker room talk to me? It’s not what that guy said. We don’t disrespect women in no shape or fashion in our locker rooms. That never comes up,” James said. “I’ve got a mother-in-law, my mom, a wife and a daughter and those conversations just don’t go on in our locker room.” Watch James’ full comment below: > [](https://twitter.com/H%5FGrove/status/786248913145720832) CJ McCollum and Jamal Crawford are among the NBA players that [took to Twitter ](http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/10/09/ap-us-locker-room-talk-athletes)to voice their displeasure with Trump’s comments. James has already [endorsed](http://www.si.com/nba/2016/10/02/lebron-james-endorses-hillary-clinton-president-election) Hillary Clinton for president. 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