Get Out Actor Lakeith Stanfield Apology After Being Dragged

Get Out Actor Lakeith Stanfield Apology After Being Dragged

You all remember the ‘Get Out’ actor Lakeith Stanfield but did you know, a few days ago he posted a video on social media spitting some lyrics.

Unfortunately, he crossed the line with the LGBTQ community for using the word gay, so he was dragged by numerous people on social media. Now, Lakeith Stanfield is apologizing for his lyrical content. Continue on…

Get Out Actor Lakeith Stanfield Apology After Being Dragged CelebNMusic247.com has the latest report on Lakeith Stanfield who says he often posts videos of himself freestyling to his social media, which he later deleted.

Lakeith Stanfield ended up catching a lot of flak for an Instagram video of himself rapping:

Take that choke chain back/ That’s some gay shit — Fag, I don’t really like to brag/ But I’m straight rich…

We know that the ‘Atlanta’ star meant nothing by his lyrics, many of his viewers unleashed a firestorm of backlash.

Here is the infamous post that caused him to be dragged:

Lakeith said:

I assume characters that have different viewpoints and different views on life and just different perspectives.

He continued to explain:

I apologize if it hurt anybody, sincerely. That wasn’t my intention to just be somebody that was out here just slinging arrows and hurting people, so I want them to know that I apologize that they had to feel sadness from that. So my sincerest apologies.

He clarified in an Instavideo that his freestyle was taken out of context and that was NOT his intention.

Watch the full apology below:

Here is a previous video of Lakeith embracing another one of his characters, so the homophobic rap was just a mistake.

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