KSI has issued an apology for his past use of transphobic slurs.The YouTuber and rapper, real name Olajide ‘JJ’ Olatunji, was called out online earlier this week for misgendering a transgender person in one of the videos he made with his YouTube group The Sidemen.
He was also criticised for using a transphobic term.KSI initially responded to the backlash by tweeting “hold up, people actually think I’m transphobic?” on Tuesday morning (March 9).After a Twitter user pointed out the allegations against him, KSI said he didn’t “mean to misgender” the person and that he “honestly didn’t even know that t****y was a bad word”.KSI, who was subsequently told that “transgender would be the correct term” to use, later tweeted an apology, writing: “My.
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