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The number of Australians hospitalised due to Covid-19 has reached the highest number since the start of the pandemic in early 2020. According to data from the <keyword id="205014" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="department-of-health" source="Orion">Department of Health</keyword>, there were 5,433 Covid-19 patients currently hospitalised, up from 5,001 a week earlier, reports <keyword id="106387" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="xinhua-news-agency" source="Orion">Xinhua news agency</keyword>. The new figure beat the previous record of 5,390 in January. It comes as <keyword id="6355478" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="australia" source="Orion">Australia</keyword>'s winter wave of Covid-19 infections is expected to peak in the coming weeks, increasing pressure on the hospital system. <keyword id="12874517" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="chris-moy" source="Orion">Chris Moy</keyword>, vice president of the <keyword id="741867" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="australian-medical-association" source="Orion">Australian Medical Association</keyword> (<keyword id="53774" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="ama" source="Orion">AMA</keyword>), described the figure as "massive", calling for more government leadership on health measures including mask mandates. "The average public hospital has 600 to 700 beds, so we are talking eight major public hospitals," he was quoted as saying by the <keyword id="7280539" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="guardian-australia" source="Orion">Guardian Australia</keyword> on Tuesday. "The bottom line is on the ground, my colleagues are angry, desperate, fatigued and they have a terrible situation where there are not enough beds or nurses." Australia on Tuesday reported more than 40,000 new Covid-19 cases and over 90 deaths. Since the onset of the pandemic, the country had reported a total of 9,139,047 cases and 11,200 deaths.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Johnson repeated a false claim that Keir Starmer failed to prosecute the sex offender Jimmy Savile.</li><li>Experts compared it to <keyword id="12752478" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pizzagate" source="Orion">Pizzagate</keyword> and warned it could embolden <keyword id="11907537" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="qanon" source="Orion">QAnon</keyword> in the UK.</li></ul><keyword id="11911533" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="boris-johnson" source="Orion">Boris Johnson</keyword>'s use of a far-right conspiracy theory against political opponent Sir Keir Starmer is "Trumpian" and could embolden groups like QAnon within the UK, experts told Insider. The prime minister on Monday claimed that Labour's leader, the former chief prosecutor in the UK "spent most of his time prosecuting journalists and failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile, as far as I can make out."Savile, a longtime BBC presenter, was a serial sex offender who died before any action was taken against him.Johnson's decision to invoke this claim – which has circulated among far-right fringe groups online but been widely debunked – has caused <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-jimmy-savile-slur-conservative-mp-despair-2022-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">widespread consternation among his own backbenchers</a>. It has also prompted at least one member of his Government to consider their role, with the MP telling Insider they did not want to be associated with such allegations. Experts also warned that it could result in the UK's democratic dialogue backsliding further. Will Moy, chief executive of fact-checking organisation Full Fact, told Insider: "A prime minister's words matter and they can be absolute rocket fuel for conspiracy theories. They can be taken at face value, they can be twisted but whatever they do, they have consequences."He added it was "not so different to Pizzagate", the debunked conspiracy theory claiming Hilary Clinton was involved in a child sex ring, which went viral in the US in 2016."One consequence of him doing this is that the profile of this claim will just get bigger online," said Moy. That view was shared by Chris Curtis, a political pollster for Opinium. While noting that "beyond a small minority" of conspiracy theorists it was unlikely to change minds about Starmer, the use of the smear was still "problematic". "There will be some people who exist within the QAnon universe who feel the Prime Minister has lent legitimacy to their position," he tweeted. "That could have pretty negative consequences."Several within the Conservative party have also gone public with their concerns about it, and many MPs have called for Johnson to apologise and withdraw his comments. Julian Smith, a former chief whip and Northern Ireland Secretary, said: "False and baseless personal slurs are dangerous, corrode trust and can't just be accepted as part of the cut &amp; thrust of parliamentary debate."Bob Neill, a fellow Conservative MP, agreed, saying: "This suggestion is baseless and unworthy, even in the cut and thrust of political debate."Rory Stewart, a former minister who ran against Johnson in the 2019 leadership contest, said: "The sheer tawdry Trumpian shabbiness of the whole thing — it is difficult to see how much more of this the party or our political system can survive."On Wednesday morning Tobias Ellwood, chairman of the defence committee, said he would be submitting a letter of no confidence and cited the Savile comments as one of the factors. Speaking on Sky News, Mr Ellwood said: "Attacking this week Keir Starmer with Jimmy Savile… I mean who advised the Prime Minister to say this? We're better than this, we must seek to improve our standards and rise above where we are today."He added: "I don't think the Prime Minister realises how worried colleagues are in every corner of the party, backbenchers and ministers alike, that this is all only going one way and will invariably slide towards a very ugly place."

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<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image"></div>Chris Brunskill/Getty Images</div>There have been rumors that <keyword id="18014" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Wayne-Rooney">Wayne Rooney</keyword> will leave <keyword id="6034" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Manchester-United">Manchester United</keyword> for months, but they've been strengthened by the arrival of new coach David Moyes.
Rooney and Moyes have a rocky past, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2311453/Moyes-sues-Rooney-over-autobiography.html">including a libel suit</a> that resulted in an apology from Rooney and a reported £50,000-£150,000 settlement for Moyes. 
In his 2006 autobiography "Wayne Rooney: My Story So Far," Rooney accused Moyes of leaking the details of a conversation they had while they were both at Everton in 2004.
Rooney wrote that he told Moyes he wanted out of Everton after tabloids caught him visiting a prostitute. The next day the Liverpool Echo ran a story about the conversation, and Rooney wrote in his book that Moyes was the one who spilled the beans.
After the book came out, Moyes sued Rooney, HarperCollins, and co-author Hunter Davies for libel — saying the accusation that he threw Rooney under the bus was "wholly untrue."
In 2008, the suit was settled before a trial. Rooney "sincerely apologized" and paid damages and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/mar/23/football.newsstory">legal costs worth £500,000</a>, according to the Guardian, £50,000-£150,000 of that is believed to have gone to Moyes.
The Telegraph says it is the only time an EPL coach has sued a former player for libel.
Rumors of Rooney's departure from United started <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/wayne-rooney-to-leave-manchester-united-2013-3">immediately after he was left out of the starting lineup</a> in the home leg of the Champions League knockout stage match-up against Real Madrid.
While Rooney has found his way back into the team since, and United has gone on to run away with the title, speculation is still rampant.
The team will already have to deal with life without Sir Alex Ferguson next year, and now the team's most popular player could be gone too.

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image">Paul Ellis/AFPManchester United manager David Moyes is distraught as his team loses to Everton.</div></div></div>Manchester United manager David Moyes tasted defeat on his first return to Everton since leaving the club as his side were beaten 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday.
Moyes was greeted with a smattering of boos as he walked out of the tunnel before the match, but it was the loss, which definitively ended United's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League, that will trouble him more.
Before Liverpool's 3-2 win at Norwich City earlier in the day, United had boasted the best away record in the division, but they were swept aside by Roberto Martinez's effervescent Everton team.
Leighton Baines, a United transfer target until he signed a new long-term deal earlier this year, opened the scoring with a 28th-minute penalty and Kevin Mirallas added a second goal shortly before half-time.
A United comeback never looked likely as Moyes's beleaguered side slipped to their 10th defeat of 2014 in all competitions and their 11th loss of the league campaign.
But Everton, who won 1-0 at Old Trafford in December, remain a point behind fourth-place Arsenal with three matches remaining after only a third win over United in 19 league matches at Goodison Park.
Everton played with the greater incision from the start, with Seamus Coleman bounding forward from right-back at every opportunity.
An early cross towards Mirallas was glanced away by Chris Smalling and Ross Barkley lifted a shot over from the rebound.
Phil Jones then did well to block efforts from Romelu Lukaku and Coleman as Everton began to dominate.
The hosts had a penalty appeal turned down when Jonny Evans threw himself at Steven Naismith's effort, before the Everton player wasted a fine opportunity when he thumped over from Lukaku's flick.
With Juan Mata, Shinji Kagawa and Nani -- making his first start since December 7 -- playing behind Wayne Rooney, United were listless as an attacking force.
From a spell of attacking possession for the visitors, Everton broke quickly and after Jones slipped, he stuck out an arm to block Lukaku's curling shot, obliging referee Mark Clattenburg to award a penalty.
 
- Everton fans goad Moyes -
 
Baines guided the spot-kick down the middle for his sixth goal of the season.
After that, Everton soaked up more aimless play from United and doubled their advantage just before the interval.
Baines won the ball from Mata and Naismith knocked the ball out to the right for Coleman.
The Irishman slipped a pass through for Mirallas, who was played onside by Alex Buttner, and the Belgian placed a shot inside the far post.
Tim Howard was finally worked in first-half added time when a Rooney corner hit Sylvain Distin and the Everton goalkeeper was forced into a save.
Everton lost Distin to injury at the break and the visitors immediately showed more threat, although substitute Antolin Alcaraz did well to deny Rooney a shooting chance after the United captain had turned away from John Stones inside the area.
When Everton failed to deal with a Rooney free-kick from the right, Kagawa's low drive was held at the second attempt by Howard.
Alcaraz might have done better when he could only make weak contact with a free header from a Mirallas corner.
After Kagawa headed straight at Howard from Buttner's deep cross, Moyes tried to shake his team up by bringing on Antonio Valancia at right-back and also throwing on striker Javier Hernandez.
Darren Fletcher sliced wide for United, but Naismith should have scored a third at the other end, the Scot missing from a good position after being picked out by Mirallas.
Naismith went closer when he was fed by Coleman and had a curling shot pushed past the post by United goalkeeper David de Gea after a quick break.
Rooney had an effort palmed away by Howard in the closing stages, but United were well beaten and Everton supporters chanted 'You're getting sacked in the morning!' at Moyes as the match drew to a close.
 
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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="56400" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="ESPN">ESPN</keyword> analyst <keyword id="5406994" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jay-Williams">Jay Williams</keyword> is hosting a new daily <keyword id="12905" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Radio">radio</keyword> and <keyword id="6355065" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="TV">TV</keyword> show, "Keyshawn, JWill &amp; Zubin," alongside Keyshawn Johnson and Zubin Mehenti each morning.</li><li>Williams brings a thoughtful voice to the world of <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword>, which has become a more blatant microcosm of the challenges facing society than ever before.</li><li>Williams told Insider that his past has prepared him to "dig deeper and try to find a space where we can create connectivity and bring people together."</li></ul>Jay Williams has never been interested in sticking to sports."When I hear that line, it frustrates me, because you've had a lot of massive sports figures throughout the course of time who have stood for things bigger than sports," Williams told me. Take Muhammad Ali, he said, or LeBron James, or Bubba Wallace.<div type="image" title="jay williams 7739" height="1667" width="2222" msid="77592337" hostid="261"></div>An early-2000s college <keyword id="36237" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="basketball">basketball</keyword> sensation for the Duke Blue Devils, Williams was once considered the heir apparent to Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls throne. But after a gruesome accident ended his nascent basketball career, he spent years picking up the pieces. Now, he's a rising star in a different arena — sports media — and gaining attention as one of the strongest, most dignified voices at ESPN.As a broadcaster, Williams is looking in on a sports world disrupted to an extent modern fans have never seen, and one in which racial issues are simultaneously front and center in overdue and unprecedented ways. In that sense, sports have become a far more blatant microcosm of the challenges facing society than ever before.But that's how the 38 year old has always seen it."Sports are a platform that people utilize in order to talk about real-world issues that are applicable to them," Williams told me in early March — before the full effects of the pandemic and America's recent reckoning with race had taken hold.<div type="image" title="jay williams 7608" height="1667" width="2223" msid="77592340" hostid="261"></div>The higher-ups at ESPN recognize the timely value of this perspective: Williams' new daily radio and TV show, "Keyshawn, JWill &amp; Zubin," debuted Monday on ESPN Radio, ESPN2, and ESPNEWS. He hosts alongside former NFL wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson and longtime sports anchor Zubin Mehenti on weekdays from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m."Being able to have that platform to engage in conversations like this..." Williams trailed off on the other end of the phone before telling me that he was doing a sign of the cross. "My whole life has led me to this moment."<h2>Authenticity and nuance color Williams' work on air</h2><div type="image" title="jay williams 7367" height="1607" width="2143" msid="77592347" hostid="261"></div>I first met Williams on a chilly March morning in Brooklyn — in what now feels like "a completely different universe," as he described it months later.We walked his dog, Denzel Washington, along the East River in DUMBO, where Williams lives with his family in a converted warehouse. Then we sped across the Brooklyn Bridge at 5:30 a.m., toward twinkling Manhattan skyscrapers stretching into the still-black sky. I spent the morning with him at ESPN's studio in the South Street Seaport, just weeks before the network sent its talent home to broadcast from their basements. Despite all that's changed, Williams' outlook on his job hasn't shifted. In a world consumed by hot takes, he told me, he takes painstaking care to deliver his points with nuance."If I'm a vessel — that's how I look at myself via TV — how do I articulate?" Williams said. "Instead of taking such a firm stance — 'I would never do that!' or 'That's wrong!' — how do I get more of a perspective about where that athlete is or where that individual is mentally?"That approach can be especially apparent in Williams' treatment of Zion Williamson, the young New Orleans Pelicans superstar — and fellow Duke product — expected to become the <keyword id="6361805" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="NBA">NBA</keyword>'s next big thing. Williamson's promise elicits constant analysis and scrutiny, even though he's not yet old enough to legally drink alcohol.<div type="image" title="jay williams 7777" height="1667" width="2222" msid="77592349" hostid="261"></div>"Everybody has the things that they focus on, and it's easy to become very myopic, but every morning I'm aware of how people pitch him: 'Oh, we're going to talk about him this way on our show,'" Williams said, adding, "Could that affect a person? Maybe I'm over-thinking it."Or maybe he's relating to it. It wasn't long ago that Williams was in a remarkably similar position.<h2>In 2003, Williams was on top of the world. Then in a split second, he wasn't.</h2>As a 21-year-old phenom, Williams was coming off an impressive first season with the Chicago Bulls — a franchise searching for a star to fill the void left by Michael Jordan.After the team selected Williams second behind Yao Ming in the 2002 NBA Draft, fans were hopeful that the 6-foot-2 point guard would assume the mantle. At Duke he'd twice earned national player of the year honors and led the Blue Devils to a national championship in 2001. Williams even <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/16/21069229/chicago-bulls-jay-williams-espn-nba-countdown-zach-lavine-lauri-markkanen-jim-boylen">took over Jordan's locker</a> when he arrived in Chicago, a symbolic gesture that he was up to the monumental task.<div type="image" title="jay will" height="2793" width="2394" msid="77592352" hostid="261"></div>His' 9.5 points and 4.7 assists per game during his rookie campaign showed promise, but it was during the following off-season that Williams started to realize superstardom was in the cards.<div type="image" title="jay williams" height="3108" width="2039" msid="77592359" hostid="261"></div>In his book, "Life Is Not An Accident," Williams recalled playing pickup with members of Duke's roster."Man, your game has gone to another level," then-Blue Devils assistant coach Chris Collins old Williams. "You are going to dominate the league next year if you keep playing like that."But he never got the chance.The day he got back to Chicago from that Duke visit, Williams took his motorcycle out for a ride. He knew shouldn't ride one — it was prohibited in his Bulls contract — but Williams' desire "to make my own decisions, to have some control over my own life" drove him to purchase a Yamaha R6 anyway.That evening, he revved the engine until the motorcycle lurched forward. Its front wheel popped into the air, and Williams — who was not wearing a helmet — clutched the handlebars to wrangle the bike. Instead, he lost control and clipped the left side of his body on a utility pole while moving 50 or 60 miles per hour. He ricocheted through the air, then landed chest-first on a patch of grass by the sidewalk. Williams couldn't feel his lower extremities — they "lay outstretched on top of each other, almost disconnected from my body on the pavement at a 90-degree angle," he says in his book.His body went into shock, leaving him numb to most of the physical pain. But the emotional agony was acute; Williams immediately recognized the gravity of what he had done."I threw it all away! I threw it all away! I threw it all away!" he screamed before losing consciousness.<div type="image" title="jay williams" height="1648" width="2197" msid="77592361" hostid="261"></div>Williams' injuries included a severed femoral artery in his left leg, a fractured sacrum, three torn ligaments in his left knee, a ruptured peroneal nerve, and a separated pubic symphysis. He faced a threat of amputation, a chance he would never walk again, and years of rehabilitation and pain.<h2>'Why me?'</h2>Williams eventually walked away — yes, walked — with an after-effect of nerve damage called foot drop that prevents him from lifting the front of his foot. The fact that he was walking at all was a miracle, but his mental recovery process didn't mirror the physical one."I ran away from my accident for so long," Williams said. "I tried to move as far away from it instead of owning it and saying 'this is part of my journey.'"<div type="image" title="jay williams" height="3000" width="1820" msid="77592362" hostid="261"></div>At first, he put all his energy into returning to the hardwood; some three years later, he improbably made his way onto the New Jersey Nets' roster. "The goal was to get back and play and recoup what I lost," Williams said. "I lost something. I lost who I was becoming, and who I was becoming was a person that got a lot of attention, a person that got a lot of fame, and a person that was finally achieving success."He added, "I felt like the court allowed me to be me — without the court, I didn't know who me was."But less than a month after signing with the team, he was waived.Once he stepped away from professional basketball for good, Williams began the arduous process of discovering his identity without the rock in his hands. For a while, that constituted managing his pain via some unhealthy coping mechanisms.He took OxyContin as prescribed, but became addicted to the opioid while simultaneously drinking in excess. He struggled with depression and sparred with suicidal thoughts. He refused to wear shorts, hiding the scars from his injuries at all costs. Even when his legs were covered, though, Williams said he constantly got "a look of sorrow and pity from people, like 'Oh my god, you had this, and you lost it?'" <div type="image" title="jay williams 7880" height="1665" width="2220" msid="77592369" hostid="261"></div>He was living an angry and resentful existence in New York City."I used to ask this question all the time when I got hurt: 'Why me?'" Williams said. "'Why me?' All the time. 'Why me?'"<h2>A second chance at ESPN</h2>One day, Williams' father posed the question he'd been harping on back to him: "Why not you?" he said. "Maybe your shoulders are broad enough to carry that burden to help others."He may not have internalized the message right away, but once he did, his life began to take on meaning again. Williams moved back to Durham, North Carolina, where he helped mentor Duke players.Five years after his accident, he became a full-time college basketball analyst for ESPN, then worked his way up the ranks and eventually moved back to New York.<div type="image" title="jay williams 7839" height="1667" width="2222" msid="77592374" hostid="261"></div>But this time, he took on the city and his job with a renewed sense of purpose."What are you here for if you're not trying to be better? Are you just wasting time? Are you just floating with no purpose?" he said. "That's fine. People go through it — I did it for a while. But, I don't know, going through my experience, I don't want to float anymore. I want to provide meaning to what I do."<div type="image" title="jay williams 7642" height="1667" width="2223" msid="77592375" hostid="261"></div>Later, on a serendipitous trip back to Durham for a speaking engagement at Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium, a young businesswoman in the crowd caught Williams' eye. He approached her as she put up shots from the hardwood."I don't know who Jay Williams is. I don't care," Nikki Bonacorsi recalled. "I was like, I'm just trying to enjoy my moment right now. I haven't had a chance to play basketball in a while ... I just was more excited to play on the court."But Williams was undeterred."He kept coming over," Bonacorsi said. "He asked for my number and then went to leave for the airport to do 'Mike and Mike' the next morning. And so I thought, I'm never going to see this guy again, and I don't really care."Shortly thereafter, Williams returned to the gym with his suitcase in tow. His flight had been canceled, he told her. He was lying.They hung out that night in Durham, then the next, then later went on another date in New York."The rest is kind of history," Bonacorsi said. The two married in May 2018 and had their first child, Amelia Brooklyn-Rose, later that year.<div type="image" title="jay williams 7971" height="1667" width="2222" msid="77592377" hostid="261"></div>"She's my why," Williams said of his wife.The spotlight on Williams and the constant exposure to a world consumed with wealth and status has been an adjustment for Bonacorsi."It's hard for me. We go to these severely public gatherings because of him," Bonacorsi said. "It's new for me, and I'm more interested about the depth of somebody. I don't really care about the cosmetic stuff."<div type="image" title="jay williams kyrie irving" height="1667" width="2222" msid="77592382" hostid="261"></div>That quality in his wife is crucial to his ability to keep perspective and avoid getting "a false sense of self," Williams said."I like that my wife doesn't like going to premieres," he added. "Having your photograph taken, it makes you feel like you're elevated, like 'Oh, I'm different' — unless you're lucky enough to have somebody that serves as a constant reminder of what your flaws are and how you can work on yourself."<h2>Williams' wisdom is serving him well professionally</h2>ESPN is by no means Williams' only gig.<div type="image" title="jay williams 7958" height="1665" width="2220" msid="77592384" hostid="261"></div>Just months after taking Williams on as a client, Barry Klarberg — the founder and CEO of Monarch Business and Wealth Management as well as an owner of New York City FC and the New York Yankees — made Williams a partner in his business."It's rare you run into somebody like this with this type of talent, with the history that he went through — he's different, he's smart, he gets it," Klarberg said. "I think one of the things that made him who he is today is what he went through in his own career."Williams also recently became a chief <keyword id="4578" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="entertainment">entertainment</keyword> and lifestyle advisor for CEO Steven Moy's digital creative agency, Barbarian. And on top of that, he owns and operates The Cabin NYC, a rustic bar-restaurant in the East Village, with two of his best friends, Joey Aponte and Dresden "Dre" Baluyot. The two grew up with Williams in New Jersey and were there for him after the accident, supporting him as he struggled to deal with his loss and anger.<div type="image" title="jay williams 8037" height="1667" width="2222" msid="77592386" hostid="261"></div>When Williams and I stopped by The Cabin on that day in March, he shouted "Lovas!" to Aponte and Baluyot as he walked in, then hugged both men. None of us anticipated what was to come as we clinked glasses and munched on pizza slices.Williams and his co-owners were forced to furlough 50% of The Cabin staff after New York went into lockdown later that month. Though the restaurant has reopened for outdoor dining, Williams said recouping their losses is "going to be an uphill battle."<h2>Everything has changed — except for Williams</h2>The bar is just one of many aspects of Williams' life that the pandemic altered fundamentally. He now goes live on television from his Brooklyn home each day, while his wife and daughter are just a room away.Williams is also trying to help various family members stay healthy; his mother is immunocompromised and at high risk of severe complications from COVID-19, while his 2-year-old daughter dealt with respiratory issues earlier in the year. His family is being very careful and "staying bunkered in Brooklyn," Williams said.<div type="image" title="jay williams 7424" height="1667" width="2222" msid="77592391" hostid="261"></div>He's also been grappling with the social unrest and protests stemming from the death of George Floyd. That has brought "a whirlwind of emotions for me and my family," he said.Williams said he feels an expectation and responsibility to discuss issues of race publicly."It's been a challenge every single day going on camera," he said. "This slight sense of anxiety comes along with that, knowing that my words could be used against me if I'm not exact. I strategize on what I say and how I say it. It's a little bit stressful, but that's a new normal that we live in now, and we're all trying to adjust."He hopes to use the new show, he added, to "expound upon these types of issues" and to "dig deeper and try to find a space where we can create connectivity and bring people together."If anyone is prepared to tackle such a complex, emotionally charged moment, it's a man who fell off a mountaintop, hit rock bottom, then climbed back up."I think we are at a monumental time in the history of our country, where people are forced to look in the mirror and have conversations with themselves about what they stand for," Williams said. "For me, I've had that in my life. I got hurt, and I was messed up psychologically for a while. I was forced to have conversations with myself. And my wife still forces me to have conversations about our marriage, about our kid, about me, about her all the time."<div type="image" title="jay williams 7539" height="1667" width="2223" msid="77592395" hostid="261"></div>Overall, he added, he's still oscillating between feeling "extremely blessed" and "incredibly guilty" as he starts a new gig in the face of an economic crisis that has left millions without jobs. Still, now more than ever, Williams said he hopes to offer a nuanced perspective during a divisive moment."Life is complex for a lot of people. It's not easy just to label somebody black or white — no pun intended — right?" Williams said. "A lot of life is spent in the between area, in the gray area. I want to explore what that gray area is."<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/us-olympians-2020-tokyo-olympics-postponement-reactions-2020-8">Shock, disappointment, anxiety, relief: As the original 2020 Olympics dates pass, Team USA's top competitors reveal how they're coping with the year-long delay</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-paige-bueckers-gatorade-athlete-of-year-sue-bird-2020-7">Paige Bueckers — UConn basketball's next big star — is the 2020 Gatorade Athlete of the Year</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/uswnt-tobin-heath-christen-press-kelley-ohara-off-field-projects-2020-7">Stars of US women's soccer are done waiting for others to help level the playing field and are creating their own opportunities while inspiring others</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/sue-bird-legacy-wnba-future-sabrina-ionescu-paige-bueckers-2020-7">Sue Bird is reflecting on her legacy and the WNBA she'll leave behind to budding stars like Sabrina Ionescu and Paige Bueckers</a></li></ul>

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