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Ne-Yo Responds After Calling George Floyd’s Death A “Sacrifice” During His Funeral: “You Cannot Believe That I Meant Something Negative”

<p>Roommates&comma; as a guest and performer at one of George Floyd&&num;8217&semi;s funeral services&comma; Ne-Yo made sure to share some words about George with the congregation&period; What he thought was a heartfelt message however&comma; was perceived by some as insensitive&period; If y&&num;8217&semi;all recall&comma; Ne-Yo called George&&num;8217&semi;s untimely passing a &&num;8220&semi;sacrifice&&num;8221&semi;&comma; and now he&&num;8217&semi;s responding to backlash that came along shortly after&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bossip&period;com&sol;1912314&sol;ne-yo-doubles-down-on-george-floyd-sacrifice-statement-amid-backlash-yes-it-was-a-sacrifice-video&sol;">Bossip<&sol;a>&comma; Ne-Yo joined<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;AsvIHZ0g7nM"> The Morning Hustle<&sol;a> to double down on what he said a couple of  weeks ago at the funeral in Houston&period; Before singing during the service&comma; Ne-Yo thanked &&num;8220&semi;George Floyd for his sacrifice&comma; so that my kids can be alright later on&period;&&num;8221&semi; He says he meant nothing negative by the comment&comma; and wants the black community to stay focused on what&&num;8217&semi;s important&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We cannot let ignorance divide us right now&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m singing at this man&&num;8217&semi;s funeral you cannot believe that I meant anything negative towards him towards his family&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Instead of focusing on his short speech&comma; Ne-Yo says he wants people to honor George&&num;8217&semi;s life&comma; and even makes the comparison between George&&num;8217&semi;s unwilling sacrifice and that of Jesus Christ&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Let&&num;8217&semi;s not mess up the narrative&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s not get away from the narrative&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Ne-Yo said&period; &&num;8220&semi;No&comma; he was not a willing sacrifice&comma; neither was Jesus&period; Jesus didn&&num;8217&semi;t want to get on the cross but he did it to save us&comma; George Floyd didn&&num;8217&semi;t wake up that morning planning to be a sacrifice&period; He didn&&num;8217&semi;t plead and plan to go out and die for <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;five-new-york-city-streets-to-be-painted-renamed-in-honor-of-the-black-lives-matter-movement&sol;">black people<&sol;a> but that&&num;8217&semi;s what happened and its unfortunate that it happened that way but that&&num;8217&semi;s what happened&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He continues saying&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;So yes&comma; it was a sacrifice&period; He wanted to be here but he&&num;8217&semi;s not here&comma; his life was sacrificed so that the change that is happening slowly but surely can happening&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ne-Yo also notes that he did not show up to the funeral with the intention of speaking or singing&period; 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