Stephanie Rice apologizes for anti-gay slur on Twitter
September 8th, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANIMelbourne, Sept 8 (ANI): Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice broke into tears as she made a public apology for her homophobic slur on Twitter.
Rice, 22, broke down twice at a press conference she called in Sydney on September 8, pleading for forgiveness over what she labelled “thoughtless and careless” comments.
The swimmer had tweeted, “Suck on that f–gots!” following the Wallabies’ Tri-Nations weekend win over the Springboks.
She deleted the post and apologised via the social networking site but also opted to offer a public apology.
“I owe it to those who I have offended to publicly say, I am sorry. It is not me to give offence to other people no matter who they are,” the Courier Mail quoted her as saying.
“I am not a person who judges others or speaks in a way that hurts others.
“My comments were thoughtless and careless but I can assure you when I made those comments on Twitter I never intended to offend anybody.
“I’ve learned a lot in the last couple of days. I’ve learned I must think before I speak and this has been a very important lesson.
“I’ve also learned that some things you say can mean more to others than they do to you.
“I felt I’ve let a lot of people down. I just want people to know how sorry I am. I’m just here to gain people’s trust back and show how out of character it was,” she added. (ANI)
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