After days of feeling wrath of women upset about his controversial comments about “sluts, skeezers, hoes, tramps and overly aggressive promiscuous women,” Tyrese has taken to social media to issue a formal apology.
“I’m far from a misogynist, a male chauvinist or flat out mean … My intentions were there but my delivery fucking horrible … And clearly all the way off … And for that I sincerely apologize to all of the ladies […],” he wrote in the caption of an Instagram pic of himself. “I have never experienced what I am experiencing right now. – I’ve been getting dragged and feel the heat from my poor choice of words and approach to my messages, trust me.”
The 38-year-old singer/ actor’s dragging began an interview with BET during a promotional tour for his new film Fate of the Furious. During the question-and-answer session, he said:
“I appreciate all the ladies out there that are still single, that are holding out. Don’t settle. Don’t settle. Though his message didn’t start out offensive, things quickly took a left turn. “I’m gonna tell you all right now, and this might be harsh: Sluts, skeezers, hoes, tramps and overly aggressive promiscuous women, they are never without a man because they don’t have no standards. They ready to have sex with any and everything that want to have sex with them […] You have women that are active out in these streets, they going to lunches and dinners every night. Private planes, mega yachts, it’s cracking. They’re never without. However, it comes with a cost, you gonna put a lot of miles on yourself down there, come on.”
, Tyrese sat down with BET for an interview that included a controversial rant about the way women conduct themselves: