Yahoo News Stormzy apologises for past homophobic tweets
Stormzy has offered an apology to the LGBTQ community following a series of past homophobic tweets coming to light.
The Brit Award-nominated star is speaking out in the aftermath of Pink News publishing resurfaced tweets in which he used the phrase "proper gay" as an insult and attacked others with anti-gay slurs.
In total, a series of 19 tweets posted between 2011 and 2014 have been widely criticised by Stormzy's fans and LGTBQ advocacy groups over the last few days.
Stormzy appealed to be forgiven in a statement shared on Twitter on Wednesday (November 22), putting his past behaviour down to being "young and proudly" ignorant.
"I said some foul and offensive things whilst tweeting years ago at a time when I was young and proudly ignorant," he wrote. "Very hurtful and discriminative views that I've unlearned as I've grown up and become a man."
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..
- #GSAP (@Stormzy1) November 22, 2017
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. The homophobic language I used was, embarrassingly, a part of my vocabulary when I was younger and...
- #GSAP (@Stormzy1) November 22, 2017
ignorance made me feel comfortable to use them whilst not understanding the hate and the ramifications they carry. 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.
- #GSAP (@Stormzy1) November 22, 2017
