U.K grime star Stormzy has apologized after old tweets appeared to show him using homophobic language.
According to PinkNews, between 2011 and 2014 the star posted a series of homophobic tweets.
One of the tweets, which have since been deleted, were posted when the Gang Signs and Prayer star was 18 and watching BBC series School For Stars. In a specific tweet, he's said to have written: "Put it on BBC1 this little black boy is a f**king f*g."
Another from 2011, he made remarks about two EastEnders characters, Christian and Syed, tweeting: "Loooooool u see syed run into christians arm. F**king f*g.”
Stormzy responded on Twitter by apologizing for the "foul and offensive things" he said, and went on to say that his younger-self does not reflect who is today.
“I said some foul and offensive things whilst tweeting years ago at a time when I was young and proudly ignorant,” Stormzy said, addressing the situation on Twitter. “Very hurtful and discriminative views that I’ve unlearned as I’ve grown up and become a man..” He then admits that the comments were “unacceptable and disgusting, full stop,” as well as the “homophobic language [he] used was, embarrassingly, a part of [his] vocabulary when [he] was younger.”
"That isn’t an excuse, I take responsibility for my mistakes and hope you can understand that my younger self doesn’t reflect who I am today. Again, I’m sorry to everyone I’ve offended. To the LGBTQ community and my supporters and friends, my deepest apologies."
Source: xxlmag.com
