Replace: Following his video apology on Wednesday morning, 9-1-1 star Ryan Guzman has now issued a written apology for his prior statements, writing, “I do know my inconsiderate phrases and actions have harm folks and I apologize. I’m really sorry, maintain myself accountable and take full accountability for my defensiveness and ignorance. I help the Black Group with my entire coronary heart and I’m educating myself and listening with an open coronary heart and thoughts. I promise to make use of this expertise to study and develop and make actual change.”
— Ryan Guzman (@ryanAguzman) June 3, 2020
Beforehand: 9-1-1 star Ryan Guzman has apologized for a controversial Instagram Dwell video saying that he and his buddies frequently name one another racial slurs, which his co-stars publicly condemned. In a brand new video posted to Instagram on Tuesday, the actor stated that he “misspoke” when he’d stated that he and his buddies “name one another slurs on a regular basis.”
“After I stated ‘slurs,’ I got here from an indignant place. I could not assume straight, and I misspoke,” Guzman, who’s Latino, stated in Tuesday’s video. “I meant to say ‘stereotypes.’ And do I condone stereotypes? Nah. Now, amongst buddies can buddies make enjoyable of one another? Sure. That being stated, I am not right here to deliver anyone, no race down.”
The actor, who portrays firefighter Eddie Diaz within the hit Fox catastrophe procedural, additionally addressed his spouse Chrysti Ane’s use of the N-word in a 2011 tweet, which he had beforehand defended. “I don’t condone using the N-word by any non-Black individual. That features all Latinos. That is not our phrase,” Guzman stated on the prime of the video.
He later stated of his spouse, “I do not condone her utilizing it. We do not use that phrase in our family. That is not our phrase. I am not right here to remove from what the Black neighborhood has gone by way of or take one thing from them. I am right here to assist them in any method, by way of help, by way of something.”
Guzman concluded, “I apologize to those who I’ve offended and misrepresented myself through the use of the unsuitable time period. I stand by attempt, fail, study, develop mind-set. And I’ll proceed to develop, proceed to assist out the neighborhood.”
Guzman acquired backlash from followers and a number of 9-1-1 co-stars after showing in an Instagram Dwell video on Sunday by which he defended Ane for the tweet, which had resurfaced on-line, by saying he frequently makes use of slurs together with his buddies. Ane has since issued a statement apologizing for the tweet. Within the video, Guzman stated that his spouse, who’s Brazilian, didn’t perceive the historic context of the phrase on the time.
“I’ve loads of buddies — black, white, Asian, Indian, Korean — and we’ll make enjoyable of one another’s races on a regular basis. We name one another slurs on a regular basis,” Guzman stated in Sunday’s video. “We do not get butt-hurt in any respect, nah, as a result of we all know the precise individual, we all know who one another are, and we all know we’re not attempting to deliver one another down.”
Later that night, Guzman tweeted that he was “completed defending” himself and his household.
Guzman’s 9-1-1 co-star Aisha Hinds addressed his feedback on Twitter. “How I FEEL day by day is a perpetual state of GRIEF. There’s sadly no model of this indefensible discourse that does not exacerbate that grief,” Hinds wrote. “There’s legions of realized behaviors that must be named and neutured [sic] so we do not proceed to present life to them. Could we all know & DO BETTER.”
How I FEEL day by day is a perpetual state of GRIEF. There’s sadly no model of this indefensible discourse that doesn’t exacerbate that grief. There’s legions of realized behaviors that must be named and neutured so we don’t proceed to present life to them. Could we all know & DO BETTER. https://t.co/NmhIOVDWK4
— Aisha Hinds (@AishaHinds) June 1, 2020
Fellow 9-1-1 actor Rockmond Dunbar tweeted, “I do not condone the sh–. I do not just like the sh–. And I’ve by no means been one to permit the phrase for use round me by any non-black individual.” He added, “And any alleged ‘black folks’ which can be co-signing their non-black buddies to consult with them in that method want their total asses checked. An excessive amount of historical past, an excessive amount of ache. Previous and current. Sh– is completely unacceptable.”
As a black man this could go with out saying however simply to verify folks within the again perceive after I say this with my entire chest: I don’t condone the shit. I don’t just like the shit. And I’ve by no means been one to permit the phrase for use round me by any non-black individual….cont. https://t.co/XCG3a2xsCK
— Rockmond Dunbar (@RockmondDunbar) June 1, 2020
And any alleged ‘black folks’ which can be co-signing their non-black buddies to consult with them in that method want their total asses checked. An excessive amount of historical past, an excessive amount of ache. Previous and current. Shit is completely unacceptable.
— Rockmond Dunbar (@RockmondDunbar) June 1, 2020
Co-star Oliver Stark additionally spoke out towards Guzman’s feedback. “I can inform you that my opinion is there’s completely no excuse for using the n phrase,” he tweeted. “It belongs to the Black neighborhood solely and I completely do not agree with it being utilized by anybody else below any circumstances.”
… anybody else below any circumstances.
— Oliver Stark (@oliverstarkk) June 1, 2020
Fox didn’t reply to TV Information’s request for remark.
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