It looks like American Idol runner-up La’Porsha Renae got wind of our epic read of her homophobic comments, because she’s already apologizing for them.
Speaking to TVLine reporter Michael Slezak, Renae walked back her earlier comments in a bit of a softball interview:
The newest addition to the Motown Records roster also faced accusations of being less-than-friendly to LGBT families after a press-conference last Friday in which she was asked to comment about anti-gay legislation passed in her home state of Mississippi. “I am one of the people who don’t really agree with that lifestyle,” she said at the time, citing her religious upbringing. “But I do have a lot of friends and a lot of people that I love dearly who are gay and homosexual… We should just respect each other’s differences and opinions and move on.”
When I asked La’Porsha about the backlash over her comments, she admitted she’d been “offensive by using the word ‘lifestyle’” to describe homosexuality, adding that while she’s still not up to speed about HB1523, she is “firmly” against any law that promotes discrimination.
Whether this is how she truly feels or if it’s all just PR spin is anyone’s guess, but we suppose we’ll have to take her word for it. We just wouldn’t be looking for her to host any LGBT pride events anytime soon.
This community forgives, but we definitely don’t forget. You can head over to TVLine for the full 3-part interview that’s less hard journalism and more gushy fanboy lovefest.
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Mark Angstman
Who cares?
Rhesa Clarissa
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Jack Gearing
Absolutley Not~ She was advised to say that. Who cares about her anyway!!
M J Martinez Crogan
Bitch , that’s why you finished second ….
Martin Talbot
She’s sorry for financial reasons ! She’s showed her true feelings !
Xzamilio
I kinda take what she initially said with indifference. Yes, the word “lifestyle” is grating on my nerves, but when you have someone who is against gay marriage and homosexuality — for stupid imaginary godly reasons — but still supports equal rights for everyone, I don’t see an issue, personally. As long as you do not interfere with my life and my rights with your invisible sky friends, believe whatever nonsense you wish about me.
DCguy
Nobody changes their mind on what they were “Raised to believe” that fast unless their P.R. people are putting out the statement.
But what I love about bigots is this. Do you notice how fast their “Truly held beliefs” fold the second it could interfere with them earning money? So in other words, they are hateful people, but willing to toss all their beliefs out the window for a few bucks.
So they are hateful bigoted people…..and whores. 😉
Sam Oropeza
Who tf is La.pork.sha ???????????
Michael Paul
She states that she has friends who are gay and homosexual- shows her true ignorance. I’ll stick with Kelly Clarkson, at least I know she’s on my/our side.
onthemark
This is a totally different quote than the one Rob Smith used in the first article.
Mack
I don’t find her comment nearly as offensive as I find the Gay Republicans voting for people in a Party that does everything they can to deny us our rights.
Noël Thibodeau
So what? Who cares? Not I.
Bob Buchhofer
To damn late!
Benet Leigh
No! Who the hell is she, anyway?
Daniel Long
No – apology not accepted.
Rico A Saxton
No she know that she will lose a lot of money talking that kind of stuff to little to late…
Jimmy
Oh sweetie……what a stupid stupid girl you are. You just cut out one of the largest music buying demographics. Be gone….walk away….you are done before you begin. Honestly I will chalk this up to southern ignorance and the area in which she was raised. Hopefully, now that she is out of hell, she will be open to a whole new world, where many types of people WHO BUY MUSIC, live. I don’t dislike her now, but I will wait to see how she evolves. If she doesn’t then we know this was all SPIN.
DCguy
@Jimmy, to see how much “The Gays” can keep a career floating, I think most would agree if they’ve been listening to the oldies stations, that Donna Summer had a good voice, yet she pissed off gays. Cher, not as great a voice, but embraced them.
Who is still selling?
DCguy
Correction, who was still selling pre-2012. Apparently she died. Sorry to hate on the deceased.
sfbeast
I don’t see any apology. Just trying to cover up her ignorance and bigotry.
libertineman
Just once let’s not forgive or forget. She is giving us the same-old apology from the pocketbook. Boycott her now and forever!
Brian
I think her first opinion was her genuine one. If she feels negatively about homosexuality, it’s right in line with most in the black community, black women in particular.
Blackceo
Whatever. I did not find her comments at all homophobic. The “lifestyle” part was ignorant because its not a lifestyle, but far worse has been said. We have legislatures trying to set LGBT advancements back and y’all worried about some La’Porsha. Please. Be worried about those with the power to legislate than a singer. She got more comments than articles about Governors actually legislating homophobia and transphobia. Priorities???!!!
Evji108
The wig she is wearing in that photo looks like she strapped a few old teddy bears to her head.
inbama
She has apologized.
Enough.
DCguy
@Blackceo:
But see, that is how people get away with it. (Don’t attack the entertainment industry for being bigots, because the politicians are much worse.)
However, this is starting to show the entertainment industry that simple lip service isn’t good enough. If Modern Family was never attacked a show like The Real O’Neils would never been allowed to get off the ground.
Blackceo
@DCguy:
My issue isn’t the fact that she was criticized, but rather the extent to which on here she was the brunt of much more harsh criticism than was any of those southern lawmakers trying to legislate homophobia.
DCguy
@Blackceo:
I think the issue is, people are more surprised when somebody from an entertainment venue expresses those beliefs. Additionally, what I saw was a LOT of people trying to defend her claiming “Oh she seems nice” and “Oh, she’s young” And I think what people were tired of, was that smiling bigotry ala Carrie Prejean.
e.g “Gosh Y’all, I don’t know why you homos are so upset, she said “No Offense” before she said that she didn’t think you all should be married.
I think that was why the backlash, here you have somebody still pulling that fake trick of wanting to have it both ways. “I don’t like you, I think you are going to hell, and I vote for people that feel the same way, but aren’t I such a nice person because I said Y’all are nice people?”
thisisnotreal
Are you serious? Aside from the fact that she used the term “lifestyle” and it grates some people, how exactly is what she said at all homophobic or hateful? This is just another example of our community turning into the gay Nazi movement and it makes me sick. God forbid we come across ANYONE who doesn’t sweat and bleed for our cause or even agree with it.
News flash not everyone on earth supports homosexuality, and to expect them to or we try to sue them or turn them into a social pariah is wrong of us. She has every right to believe what she wants to believe, and by her original comments she made it sound like although she may not support the LGBT community she is content to live and let Live. What she said originally has absolutely no effect on any of our lives or our ability to live the way we want to so some of you queens need to learn to stop clutching your pearls so tightly and live and let live like she apparently is .
Our community has fought for many many years to be treated as equal citizens with the same rights as everyone else. and now that our movement is finally making big progress and picking up steam we are spending less time celebrating those accomplishments and more time suing people or publicly shaming and punishing them for not being in our corner. I really hope I don’t live long enough to see the day when the gay community self destructs and leads to its own demise.
DCguy
@thisisnotreal:
Quick message to you anti-gay trolls, if you are going to come on here and pretend that you are LGBT, you need to be careful giving away your agenda by using words like “Homosexuality” in certain places or trying to use the “LGBTs are bullies if they don’t let people attack them argument.”
But lets pretend that your post is legit. It isn’t that she used the word “Lifestyle” it’s that she laid out the same old “I don’t agree with that lifestyle”. You know, kind of like somebody who said they “Don’t agree” with interracial marriage.
But please, by all means go back, change your screename and come back on here with a new post trying to make the same fake arguments.
Daggerman
…so she apologized, but point is, who’s she to presume how people live their lives.
Shadeaux
@Rhesa Clarissa: … but do they have gay themed movies?
Louis
Hmm my comment didnt post.
gaym50ish
@thisisnotreal: Her comments were typical of youthful ignorance. Calling it a “lifestyle” and saying she didn’t “agree” with it (as if it was something to be voted on) just shows that she doesn’t know anything about our issues, not that she’s terribly homophobic.
Louis
Ugh still wont post what is going on here?
Bob LaBlah
Lets hope in her next publicity stunt she won’t appear wearing that obvious HAIR-DON”T but with a hair-do instead.
Sluggo2007
@inbama: NO. It’s NOT enough. She can’t take it back. What’s done is done.
DCguy
@Bob LaBlah:
Well in fairness I have to agree. It seems a shame that somebody in the Idol franchise couldn’t have walked her over to the set of RuPaul’s Drag race and had one of the queens talk to her stylist about hiding a wigline.
DCguy
She tweeted this out after the backlash, but BEFORE her P.R. people got ahold of her apparently.
We don’t have to agree with each other’s life choices to love/respect one another. Live and let live. #RENAETION #RespectThatWeAreDifferent