Danny Roberts, a star of “The Real World” on MTV, brought a sense of possibily to the pop culture landspe durg a ght time for gay reprentatn.
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- DID DANNY ROBERTS AND MIKE "THE MIZ" MIZAN HAVE A HOT "REAL WORLD" AFFAIR?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY CHRIS SPARGOSEPTEMBER 19, 2013/10:57 AMBY CHRIS SPARGOSEPTEMBER 19, 2013 / 10:57 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DID DANNY ROBERTS AND MIKE \"THE MIZ\" MIZAN HAVE A HOT \"REAL WORLD\" AFFAIR?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-09-19T14:57:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-09-19T14:57:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRIS SPARGO","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANNY ROBERTS STOPPED BY WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE LAST NIGHT WH A FEW OTHER FORMER REAL WORLD ST MEMBERS, AND OUR FAVORE EVER RW GAY SPILLED SOME BIG SECRETS ABOUT HOW HE SPENT ONE SEASON OF THE CHALLENGE HOOKG UP WH SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ONLY STRAIGHT, BUT IS NOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SNDAL!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, DANNY WAS KD ENOUGH TO NOT SAY WHO THE MAN WAS, BUT DID MENTN LATER THE SHOW THAT HE ONCE RECEIVED A ANGRY (AND WE ASSUME VERY DNKEN) LL OM REAL WORLD: LAS VEGAS ST MEMBER AND PROFSNAL HOT MS TRISHELLE CANNATELLA ABOUT THE CINT. AND TRISHELLE ED TO DATE MIKE "THE MIZ" MIZAN, WHO APPEARED ON THE SAME SEASON OF THE CHALLENGE AS DANNY. AND MIKE IS NOT MARRIED, BUT IS ENGAGED. AND DIDN'T WE ALL ED TO WONR ABOUT THE MIZ, WHO IS NOW A PROFSNAL WRTLER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS TOTALLY HAPPENED, RIGHT? OH, AND DON'T FET THAT WAS THE SEASON A HURRINE ME AND THERE WAS THAT BIG DNKEN TOGA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO, WE ARE VERY, VERY DISAPPOTED WH YOUR REAL WORLD PRODUCERS. HOW ULD YOU MISS THIS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND FOR ALL Y'ALL WHO MISS DANNY, CHECK HIM OUT ON OUR AWOME LOGO SHOW DTLA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UPDATE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ONLY OTHER REAL WORLD OR ROAD RUL ST MEMBERS TRISHELLE EVER DATED, BIS THE MIZ, WERE ADAM LARSON AND STEVEN HILL, AND SHE JT SAID STEVEN NEVER HOOKED UP WH DANNY. SO ANYONE KNOW IF MR. LARSON IS MARRIED? HE WAS ON THAT SAME SEASON OF THE CHALLENGE, AND ALSO WOULDN'T BE A BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“@EDWMONTANEZ: @TRISHELLEC YOUR BF BEG STEVEN HILL… HE WAS ON WWHL WH @ANDY” NOT STEVEN. DANNY ALSO CHEATED ON HIS BF AT THE TIME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}— TRISHELLE (@TRISHELLEC) SEPTEMBER 19, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UPDATE 2:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADAM LARSON JT GOT MARRIED, SO LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE A WNER. OUR APOLOGI MR. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- DANNY ROBERTS AND THIS UNTRY’S STEREOTYP ABOUT GAY PEOPLE.
- A GAY IN FROM REALY TV’S EARLY YEARS MAK A HANT RETURN
DID DANNY ROBERTS AND MIKE "THE MIZ" MIZAN HAVE A HOT "REAL WORLD" AFFAIR?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY CHRIS SPARGOSEPTEMBER 19, 2013/10:57 AMBY CHRIS SPARGOSEPTEMBER 19, 2013 / 10:57 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DID DANNY ROBERTS AND MIKE \"THE MIZ\" MIZAN HAVE A HOT \"REAL WORLD\" AFFAIR?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-09-19T14:57:22.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-09-19T14:57:22.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRIS SPARGO","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANNY ROBERTS STOPPED BY WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE LAST NIGHT WH A FEW OTHER FORMER REAL WORLD ST MEMBERS, AND OUR FAVORE EVER RW GAY SPILLED SOME BIG SECRETS ABOUT HOW HE SPENT ONE SEASON OF THE CHALLENGE HOOKG UP WH SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ONLY STRAIGHT, BUT IS NOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SNDAL!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, DANNY WAS KD ENOUGH TO NOT SAY WHO THE MAN WAS, BUT DID MENTN LATER THE SHOW THAT HE ONCE RECEIVED A ANGRY (AND WE ASSUME VERY DNKEN) LL OM REAL WORLD: LAS VEGAS ST MEMBER AND PROFSNAL HOT MS TRISHELLE CANNATELLA ABOUT THE CINT. AND TRISHELLE ED TO DATE MIKE "THE MIZ" MIZAN, WHO APPEARED ON THE SAME SEASON OF THE CHALLENGE AS DANNY. AND MIKE IS NOT MARRIED, BUT IS ENGAGED. AND DIDN'T WE ALL ED TO WONR ABOUT THE MIZ, WHO IS NOW A PROFSNAL WRTLER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS TOTALLY HAPPENED, RIGHT? OH, AND DON'T FET THAT WAS THE SEASON A HURRINE ME AND THERE WAS THAT BIG DNKEN TOGA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO, WE ARE VERY, VERY DISAPPOTED WH YOUR REAL WORLD PRODUCERS. HOW ULD YOU MISS THIS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND FOR ALL Y'ALL WHO MISS DANNY, CHECK HIM OUT ON OUR AWOME LOGO SHOW DTLA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UPDATE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ONLY OTHER REAL WORLD OR ROAD RUL ST MEMBERS TRISHELLE EVER DATED, BIS THE MIZ, WERE ADAM LARSON AND STEVEN HILL, AND SHE JT SAID STEVEN NEVER HOOKED UP WH DANNY. SO ANYONE KNOW IF MR. LARSON IS MARRIED? HE WAS ON THAT SAME SEASON OF THE CHALLENGE, AND ALSO WOULDN'T BE A BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“@EDWMONTANEZ: @TRISHELLEC YOUR BF BEG STEVEN HILL… HE WAS ON WWHL WH @ANDY” NOT STEVEN. DANNY ALSO CHEATED ON HIS BF AT THE TIME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}— TRISHELLE (@TRISHELLEC) SEPTEMBER 19, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UPDATE 2:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADAM LARSON JT GOT MARRIED, SO LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE A WNER. OUR APOLOGI MR. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
* danny roberts gay *
The openly gay realy star (who’s now married! To a generatn of gay men, Danny Roberts is an disputable in.
Back then, he was a 22-year-old, h-faced llege graduate learng to embrace his tth as a gay man.
Wh the first two episos, tensn epts between Beck, Roberts and Stoffer volvg an alleged homophobic letter that Stoffer wrote shortly after the origal seri end, “patg (Roberts) as a ‘dangero homosexual. "Ameri was much more homophobic back then, " said Roberts, pictured here 2000. "Clearly there’s still plenty of that around, but was wily accepted to be volly homophobic back then.
DANNY ROBERTS AND THIS UNTRY’S STEREOTYP ABOUT GAY PEOPLE.
Ameri was much more homophobic back then. Clearly there’s still plenty of that around, but was wily accepted to be volly homophobic back then.
Danny Roberts stopped by Watch What Happens Live last night wh a few other former Real World st members, and our favore ever RW gay spilled some big secrets about how he spent one season of The Challenge hookg up wh someone who is not only straight, but is now married. “The Real World: New Orleans” star Danny Roberts is still procsg the pa of an alleged letter wrten by stmate Julie Stoffer that pated him as a “dangero homosexual. “To be chosen to do that by an ternatnal anizatn, back then, as a gay man was a big al.
The openly gay Geia native, now 44, and the “Real World’s” first Mormon, now 42 — who once lled homosexualy “disgtg” on mera — worked through differg belief systems to cultivate a surprisgly strong iendship.
A GAY IN FROM REALY TV’S EARLY YEARS MAK A HANT RETURN
The latter MTV alum, who left the Mormon church 2008 and has sce adopted more progrsive valu, exprsed a sire to move forward wh Roberts, but still seemed unwillg to take rponsibily for any statements that were specifilly anti-gay. “The letter pated me as a horrible homosexual, ” Roberts alleged. “Everybody’s parents were terrified of [me] beg the gay ont of their teenagers.
The LGBTQIA+ activist — who gaed worldwi acclaim for spotlightg the Clton admistratn’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ary policy durg his groundbreakg “Real World” n — add, “And I was pated as a horrible homo who was there to be the bad guy and jt jtified what they already thought before they got there. “You did to a gay person and a person of lor.
Stoffer, the “Real World’s” first Mormon who once lled homosexualy “disgtg, ” has sce left the church and adopted more progrsive valu. Stoffer rpond by sayg she was sorry “if” she hurt the two — and also tearfully acced them of brandg her “racist and homophobic.