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| Grime MC Stormzy has apologised for using homophobic language on Twitter, after the Pink News site uncovered tweets stretching across three years that used words including “faggot”. | Grime MC Stormzy has apologised for using homophobic language on Twitter, after the Pink News site uncovered tweets stretching across three years that used words including “faggot”. |
| Amongst numerous other uses of the word, he called a gay character on EastEnders a “fucking fag”, asked a Twitter user who was discussing hair straighteners and curling tongs “are you a fag?”, and told his followers: “Put on bbc1 this little black boy is a fucking fag”. He also described various people and things as “proper gay”. | Amongst numerous other uses of the word, he called a gay character on EastEnders a “fucking fag”, asked a Twitter user who was discussing hair straighteners and curling tongs “are you a fag?”, and told his followers: “Put on bbc1 this little black boy is a fucking fag”. He also described various people and things as “proper gay”. |
| He has now posted a series of repentant tweets, saying: “I said some foul and offensive things whilst tweeting years ago at a time when I was young and proudly ignorant. Very hurtful and discriminative views that I’ve unlearned as I’ve grown up and become a man ... The comments I made were unacceptable and disgusting, full stop. Comments that I regret and to everyone I’ve offended, I am sorry, these are attitudes I’ve left in the past ... I take responsibility for my mistakes and hope you can understand that my younger self doesn’t reflect who I am today.” | He has now posted a series of repentant tweets, saying: “I said some foul and offensive things whilst tweeting years ago at a time when I was young and proudly ignorant. Very hurtful and discriminative views that I’ve unlearned as I’ve grown up and become a man ... The comments I made were unacceptable and disgusting, full stop. Comments that I regret and to everyone I’ve offended, I am sorry, these are attitudes I’ve left in the past ... I take responsibility for my mistakes and hope you can understand that my younger self doesn’t reflect who I am today.” |
| After his rise in 2015 with the freestyle Shut Up, the MC has had a hugely successful 2017, scoring a number one album, winning a Mercury prize nomination and a GQ man of the year award. | After his rise in 2015 with the freestyle Shut Up, the MC has had a hugely successful 2017, scoring a number one album, winning a Mercury prize nomination and a GQ man of the year award. |
| His apology comes a week after YouTube star Zoella similarly had to apologise for tweets she had made some years ago, referring to people as “chav” and “tramp”, and writing: “I find it funny when gay men spit … it’s like they’re trying to be a bit macho but never works.” | His apology comes a week after YouTube star Zoella similarly had to apologise for tweets she had made some years ago, referring to people as “chav” and “tramp”, and writing: “I find it funny when gay men spit … it’s like they’re trying to be a bit macho but never works.” |