British reality star Sam Thompson has issued an apology for insensitive tweets he wrote early in his career that have recently resurfaced.
“I was wrong to use language like that,” the 26-year-old reality star said of the tweets in which he used the word “gay” as a pejorative.
“I’ve grown up a lot since 2013 and would now never be so careless with my choice of words. As a society, we’ve also come a long way, and I think we’re now more aware of the power of the words we use.”
Thompson, who has also appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrities Go Dating, had a reputation for branding other celebrities or anything he thought stupid as “gay” via Twitter.
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Made in Chelsea focuses on the lives of wealthy young people living in London and their on-camera jackassery. Thompson appeared on the show for 10 seasons.
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QueerTruth
Who???
Wrong audience. No one even knows of this show let alone this dude
jonasalden
Funny you’d say that: Made In Chelsea is my favorite, and I live in South Carolina!
Heywood Jablowme
Reality? I didn’t realize they have any reality in Britain. (That Brexit stuff indicated otherwise!)
clhs
What a strange a provincial comment to make. The English are way more grounded in reality than us.
Brian
I just can’t be bothered to be upset when people use “gay” as an insult. I know why I’m supposed to be offended, but I’m not at all.
poundmetoo
Oh Oh Cam/DCguy is going to be really p*ssed that you said that.
DarkZephyr
Nobody expects you to be offended by homophobia, Brian. You never have been, you never will be. You usually defend it. Its par for the course with you.
Brian
It’s America, if people want to be homophobic, they have every right to be. If there are consequences from that, so be it. I just don’t think that we need the internet policing everything everybody has ever said and throwing a hissy fit. And it certainly doesn’t warrant news articles. If this guy stopped using “gay” as an insult, great. He doesn’t owe the world an apology about it.
Out of all of the homophobic things that happen in the world, “gay” as a synonym for “lame” is pretty near the bottom of my priority list.
Lobeskc
Honestly, saying “gay” is offensive how? Get over yourselves those of you that are “offended”. The guy is super hot and had a slip of the tongue. Who cares anyway.
DarkZephyr
How did he have a “slip of the tongue”? Those are tweets, not vlogs. And if he wants to apologize for using “Gay” in that way, he’s allowed to.
jestgr
I’m glad that this guy saw the errors of his ways and even owned them and apologized. I remember being in a business meeting at work and hearing some millennial use the word “gay” in a similar derogatory manner. We’re friends and when I called her out on it she was truly apologetic and thanked me because she didn’t even realize what she was saying.
dinard38
So this dude have to apologize for saying “that’s so gay” 6 years ago? People are so damn sensitive these days to the point of ridiculousness.
paul dorian lord fredine
#6 from the list of excuses when someone is caught speaking before engaging their brain.
Joshua333
That was in 2013, people were VERY different back then, it’s not an excuse but you can’t really get upset when he literally apologised for it. People change.
ShiningSex
He’s gay himself. Self loathing