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Keith Powers Apologizes For His Comment About Bisexual Men — Takes Opportunity To Educate Himself

<p>Keith Powers made a comment in a recent interview that did not sit well with fans&&num;8211&semi;especially those who are a part of his LGBTQ community fan base&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I seen a troll page say something about me being bisexual&&num;8211&semi;which is funny &&num;8217&semi;cause I&&num;8217&semi;m like&comma; &&num;8216&semi;there&&num;8217&semi;s a such thing as bisexual for men&quest;&comma;'&&num;8221&semi; he told Hollywood Unlocked&period; &&num;8220&semi;I think you&&num;8217&semi;re gay or you&&num;8217&semi;re straight&comma; personally&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ZeroWidthSpace;<video webkit-playsinline&equals;"" poster&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;img&lowbar;7655&period;mov" controls&equals;"controls" preload&equals;"metadata"><&sol;video>&ZeroWidthSpace;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Once people caught wind of the comment and the backlash started&comma; Keith said he took the opportunity to educate himself on the topic and consequently apologizes for his ignorance&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Hey what&&num;8217&semi;s up everybody I just want to get right to it and Apologize first and foremost all of my homosexual and bisexual friends by my comments in my latest interview&period; They were ignorant straight up&period;&&num;8221&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I didn&&num;8217&semi;t look at it like I&&num;8217&semi;m mad&period; I looked at it Like&comma; &&num;8216&semi;let me educated myself&&num;8217&semi; and I looked through these comments and I seen what they were saying and I got to see they side of the story&period;&&num;8221&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He goes on to acknowledge the people&&num;8211&semi;more specifically the youth who may be experiencing bisexualism&period; He apologizes to them as well&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He takes another opportunity to apologize to the LGBTQ community and anyone else who may have been offended by the comment&&num;8211&semi;which he reiterates only lives as a comment and no longer his opinion&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out his full response below&colon;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ZeroWidthSpace;&ZeroWidthSpace;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><video webkit-playsinline&equals;"" poster&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;vidlabvideofinal&period;mov" controls&equals;"controls" preload&equals;"metadata"><&sol;video>&ZeroWidthSpace;TSR STAFF&colon; 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