Terry Crews disappointed a lot of people recently when he shared his views about parenting, which were, uh, not very good.
The gist is that he believes a child can only get certain things from a father and children being brought up by single parents and same-sex parents would be deprived of said certain things.
Yeah, like I said, not very good.
But after a few days of standing firm on that hill and clapping back at detractors, Terry has now shared a heartfelt apology for his remarks and it’s all thanks to some educating from his Brooklyn Nine Nine co-star and actual hero Stephanie Beatriz.
In a series of tweets, Terry revealed that he had a “great talk” with Stephanie that helped “shed a lot of light on why the LGBTQI community were hurt by [his] comments.”
He then issued an apology to all those who were “triggered or felt targeted” by his remarks, which came from his own personal experiences as a “black father”, and credited his co-star for giving him a new perspective.
For those who are unaware, Stephanie is bisexual so this whole issue comes from a very real place for her. The fact that both she and Terry were able to sit down and have a constructive conversation about this topic speaks volumes to the type of people they are.
Had a great talk with @iamstephbeatz this morning on set that shed a lot of light on why the LBGTQ community were hurt by my comments.
I want to apologize for anyone who was triggered or felt targeted. I was speaking out of my very personal experiences as a Black Father.
— terry crews (@terrycrews) March 5, 2019
And while these experiences for me are very true and real, these can differ greatly from the experiences of others. Being able to sit with @iamstephbeatz gave me a perspective I had not seen before.
— terry crews (@terrycrews) March 5, 2019
I believe men need to be more vulnerable in order to fix the many problems that we created and this starts with me. We don’t always have to agree, but we must always listen.
I love every person on earth, and want to see every man, woman and child flourish.
— terry crews (@terrycrews) March 5, 2019
At a time when sincere apologies are few and between because people are rubbish at admitting when they’re wrong, Terry’s apology is one that is done right because he straight up took responsibility for his comments and was willing to listen to other people’s point of view on the matter.
Start taking notes, future famous person who says something dumb, this is a perfect example on how to apologise so don’t go playing the “Sorry you feel that way about the thing but here’s why you’re wrong about me” card because that simply won’t fly.