Article 38QGR Stormzy apologises for unearthed homophobic tweets

Stormzy apologises for unearthed homophobic tweets

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Ben Beaumont-Thomas
from World news | The Guardian on (#38QGR)

The grime star said his comments were 'unacceptable and disgusting, full stop', after report criticises numerous gay slurs in the past

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".

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