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Ne-Yo recanted his apology for comments made astir sex individuality successful a caller video shared connected Instagram connected Monday, August 7. After tweeting an apology for arguable comments made astir parents of transgender children, the Grammy-winner, whose existent sanction is Shaffer Smith, filmed a video, saying that helium stood by his comments. “First and foremost, I bash not apologize for having an sentiment connected this matter,” helium said aboriginal successful the clip.
Ne-Yo, 43, faced backlash aft helium appeared connected the fashionable podcast VladTV, speaking astir his opinions connected parents of transgender kids providing gender-affirming care. While galore aesculapian professionals person recommended gender-affirming attraction for transgender kids (per The Washington Post), Ne-Yo said that helium disagreed with parents providing the care. “When did it go a bully thought to fto a 5-year-old, fto a 6-year-old, fto a 12-year-old marque a life-changing determination for themselves?” helium said. The vocalist tweeted retired an apology the time aft the interrogation came out, earlier retracting it.
While Ne-Yo admitted that helium ne'er intended to offend anyone, helium did explicit that helium was “entitled” to his sentiment arsenic overmuch arsenic anyone else. Still, helium said that helium didn’t person immoderate issues with the LGBTQ+ community, but stood by his archetypal comment. “I person nary beef with the LBGTQIA+ [sic] assemblage whatsoever. I ain’t got nary beef with y’all. Do immoderate the hellhole it is you privation to do. Do what you privation to bash with your kids. However, idiosyncratic asked my sentiment connected this matter, and this is however I feel. I volition ne'er beryllium good with allowing a kid to marque a determination that detrimental to their life. I volition ne'er beryllium good with that,” helium said.
Ne-Yo released a video defending his comments. (John Salangsang/Shutterstock)
Ne-Yo did explicate that helium planned to “educate” himself, but helium expressed doubts that helium would person a alteration of heart. “I uncertainty that there’s immoderate publication anyplace oregon immoderate sentiment that somebody’s going to archer maine that’s going to marque maine good with letting a kid marque a determination similar that,” helium said. “If I get canceled for this, possibly this is simply a satellite wherever they don’t request a Ne-Yo nary more.”
In the caption, the “Because Of You” vocalist admitted that if 1 of their children came retired arsenic trans astatine an older age, helium would inactive emotion and enactment them. “If 1 of my 7 kids were to determine that helium oregon she wanted to beryllium thing different than what they were calved as, erstwhile they’re aged capable and mature capable to marque that decision…so beryllium it. Not gonna emotion em’ immoderate less. Daddy is inactive Daddy and he loves you regardless,” helium wrote.
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