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Manny Pacquiao Gets Dropped From Nike After Controversial Gay Remarks

<p>Nike was not playing with Manny Pacquiao today&excl; They announced they would be dropping him from endorsements amid the boxers gay remarks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pacquiao was being interviewed on a show in his home country of the Philippines early this week when he made derogatory comments about same sex couples&period; He said &&num;8220&semi;Have you seen any animal having male-to male or female-to-female relations&quest; If you have male-to-male or female-to-female relationships&comma; then people are worse than animals&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;final-7&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;final-7&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;It&&num;8217&semi;s no surprise that Nike wanted no parts of that and seized their eight year relationship&comma; despite Pacquiao&&num;8217&semi;s public apology&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pacquiao took to social media wearing his Nike shirt to apologize for his comments saying &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m sorry for hurting people by comparing homosexuals to animals&period; Please forgive me for those I hurt&period; God bless&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nike released a statement saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We find Manny Pacquiao’s comments abhorrent&comma;” Nike said Wednesday in a statement&period; &&num;8220&semi;Nike strongly opposes discrimination of any kind and has a long history of supporting and standing up for the rights of the LGBT community&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Looks like it&&num;8217&semi;s too late to say sorry&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source &colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>http&colon;&sol;&sol;espn&period;go&period;com&sol;boxing&sol;story&sol;&lowbar;&sol;id&sol;14793389&sol;nike-ends-endorsement-contract-manny-pacquiao<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR Staff&colon; 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