Conor McGregor recently came under fire calling an another MMA fighter a faggot.
People were not happy with the use of the slur.
McGregor has now apologized in a taped segment on the Irish TV Show, "The Late Late Show".
He explained the situation saying he was trying to console a fellow fighter after a loss and said his words got away from him. He continued, "I witnessed him lose a fight in a potential career-defining or a career-ending fight in a manner where the opponent was stalling and running away, and I was upset. I was whispering in his ear, and I was speaking on that, and I said what I said. I meant no disrespect to nobody, to anybody in the LGBT community."
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McGregor said that he was an ally to the LGBT community, saying he was out campaigning to legalize gay marriage in Ireland.
I don't know about you, but even in the heat of a moment, I feel an ally would still come up with any other word to use to describe the fighter. Or is this a case of just shrugging it off, saying "boys will be boys."
You can watch his remarks below.
Do you think his apology was enough? Do you accept it?
Yes. I accept.
Yes. I accept.