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<\/p>\nTennis Pro Tennys Sandgren Apologizes for Tweet About Gay Nightclub<\/b>
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In the unearthed tweets he chummed with Charlottesville white supremacists, retweeted racist jokes, praised Alex Jones, blasted women<\/a>\u2019s rights, and\u00a0had a few choice things to say about LGBT people as well, including<\/a>, \u201cStumbled into a gay<\/a> club last night\u2026 my eyes are still bleeding #nooneshouldseethat.\u201d When a follower joked about his use of the word \u201cstumbled,\u201d Sandgren replied, \u201cwhat can I say the trannies<\/a> were calling to me.\u201d<\/p>\n In a tweet this morning, Sandgren apologized for that tweet, writing, \u201cIn regards to the gay<\/a> club tweet from 2012, I used poor and harsh words to describe a bad experience, and is not indicative of how I feel about the people in that community. To everyone I offended with that, pls accept my apology.\u201d<\/p>\n In regards to the gay<\/a> club tweet from 2012, I used poor and harsh words to describe a bad experience, and is not indicative of how I feel about the people in that community. To everyone I offended with that, pls accept my apology<\/p>\n \u2014 Tennys Sandgren (@TennysSandgren) January 25, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Serena Williams had called on Sandgren to apologize after the tweets were unearthed earlier this week:<\/p>\n @TennysSandgren<\/a> I don’t need or want one. But there is a entire group of people that deserves an apology. I cant look at my daughter and tell her I sat back and was quiet. No! she will know how to stand up for herself and others- through my example. \u2014 Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) January 24, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n In a press conference yesterday, Sandgren blasted the media for twisting his words<\/a> and then deleted all but one of his tweets.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Said Sandgren<\/a>:<\/p>\n You seek to put people in these little boxes so that you can order the world in your already assumed preconceived ideas. You strip away any individuality for the sake of demonizing by way of the collective.<\/p>\n With a handful of follows and some likes on Twitter, my fate has been sealed in your minds. To write an edgy story, to create sensationalist coverage, there are a few lengths you wouldn\u2019t go to to mark me as the man<\/a> you desperately want me to be.<\/p>\n You would rather perpetuate propaganda machines instead of researching information from a host of angles and perspectives while being willing to learn, change, and grow. You dehumanize with pen and paper and turn neighbor against neighbor. In so doing, you may actually find you\u2019re hastening the hell you wish to avoid, the hell we all wish to avoid.<\/p>\n There was more to the statement than appears in the clip above,\u00a0according to the\u00a0Washington Post<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n It is my firm belief that the highest value must be placed on the virtue of each individual, regardless of gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. It\u2019s my job to continue on this journey with the goal of becoming the best me I can and to embody the love Christ has for me, for I answer to Him and Him alone.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll take questions about the match, if you guys<\/a> don\u2019t mind. Thank you. If you have any questions about the match.<\/p>\n The post Tennis Pro Tennys Sandgren Apologizes for Tweet About Gay Nightclub<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Tennys](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/tennys.jpg?resize=740%2C412\")
Tennys Sandgren, the American tennis pro and Australian Open quarter finalist whose\u00a0old tweets were unearthed<\/a>\u00a0this week, has apologized for a tweet he wrote about his experience at a gay<\/a> nightclub.<\/p>\n\n
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