Manny Pacquiao came under fire earlier this year when he bashed the gay community, comparing gay people to animals. Pacquiao has already endured the major backlash, which cost him a lucrative endorsement deal, but now he’s back in the headlines thanks to fellow boxer “Sugar” Shane Mosley, who claimed that he’ll fight Pacquiao for the honor of the gay community.
As previously reported, Pacquiao said in an interview that animals are better than humans because, as far as he knew, homosexuality doesn’t exist in the animal kingdom.
“Will you see any animals where male is to male and female is to female? The animals are better,” Pacquiao said in the interview. “They know how to distinguish male from female. If we approve [of] male on male, female on female, then man is worse than animals.”
Clearly, Pacquiao hadn’t read an article or watched nature programs about the vast amount of homosexuality that naturally occurs in the animal kingdom, but he still decided to apologize for his comments while maintaining that he still believes homosexuality is wrong.
“I’m sorry for hurting people by comparing homosexuals to animals. Please forgive me for those I’ve hurt. I still stand on my belief that I’m against same-sex marriage because of what the Bible says, but I’m not condemning LGBT. I love you all with the love of the Lord. God bless you all and I’m praying for you,” Pacquiao wrote in an Instagram message.
Unfortunately for the pro boxer, Nike wasn’t happy with his comments and promptly ended their long-term contract with Pacquiao.
According to media reports, Mosley was recently asked about Pacquiao’s comments and Mosley’s girlfriend claimed that he’d take a rematch against Pacquiao in honor of the gay community.
“If he does fight Pacquiao, he’ll do it in honor of defending the gay community,” said Mosley’s girlfriend, to which Mosley replied, “Yeah.”
“One of my sisters is gay,” she told Mosley. “You better!”
“That could happen,” said Mosley about a possible match up.
Well, we doubt that match up would ever happen since Pacquiao said he’s retiring from the sport to focus on being a politician in the Philippines.
