Super Bowl Player Apologizes For Anti-Gay Comments

San Francisco 49ers cornerback says he doesn't “do the gay guys” in football

Chris Culliver, cornerback for the Super Bowl-bound San Francisco 49ers, is sorry for homophobic comments he made this week about gay players in the NFL. “I don’t do the gay guys, man,” Culliver said in response to sports reporter Artie Lange’s off-the-cuff question about closeted members of the league. “No, we don’t got no gay people on the team; they gotta get up out of here if they do [that].” Asked if gay players should come out of the closet, Culliver said, “Yeah, come out 10 years later after that.” The Niners distanced themselves from the comments in an official statement, pledging their support for the LGBT community. And Culliver has apologized in a statement by reporter Jim Trotter: “The derogatory comments I made yesterday were a reflection of thoughts in my head, but they are not how I feel. It has taken me seeing [the comments] in print to realize that they are hurtful and ugly. Those discriminating feelings are truly not in my heart.” Way to create a distraction days away from the big game, Chris! (BuzzFeed)

Here are his offensive comments in full:

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