In an terview that was apparently filmed Monday wh Philalphia Fox 29’s Qucy Harris, Yaf Mack announced, “I’m gay!” Monday was also the day that, per an ially dub, lengthy statement (that crisis manager/hairstylist/sger Anthony Cherry eventually nfirmed to me was “te”), the boxer supposedly announced he was bisexual and then he didn’t say a goddamn thg on TMZ Live. Last week, Mack said he was dgged a porn he did for the pany DawgPoundUSA. It’s been que the two weeks for Mack. In the Fox 29 terview, he lled his ial acunt of the shoot “all a lie.”
Contents:
- NOW YAF MACK SAYS HE'S GAY
- PROFSNAL BOXER YAF MACK CLAIMS HE WAS DGGED GAY PORN VIO
- BOXER YAF MACK LIED ABOUT BEG 'DGGED' INTO GAY PORN
- PRO BOXER IN GAY PORNO -- TURNS OUT, I'M GAY
- YAF MACK CELEBRAT HIS "NEW LIFE" AT WT HOLLYWOOD COMG OUT PARTYTHE FORMER BOXER IS LIVG A BETIFUL NEW LIFE WH A BETIFUL PLATUM GRILL TO {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 MATTHEW THARRETTNOVEMBER 10, 2015/11:35 AMBY MATTHEW THARRETTNOVEMBER 10, 2015 / 11:35 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"YAF MACK CELEBRAT HIS \"NEW LIFE\" AT WT HOLLYWOOD COMG OUT PARTY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-11-10T16:35:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-11-10T16:35:35.000+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":"MATTHEW THARRETT","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;}IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO WEEKS SCE FORMER BOXER YAF MACK FOUND THE LIMELIGHT BY CLAIMG HE WAS DGGED TO PERFORMG GAY PORN, G OUT AS BISEXUAL, AND THEN G OUT AS FULLY GAY. BUT SPE HIS LEWARM MEDIA RECEPTN, MACK SEEMS TO BE LIVG HIS BT {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;}RELATED: BOXER YAF MACK COM OUT AS {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;}"NEW LIFE," HE TOLD A TMZ PHOTOGRAPHER OUTSI RAGE WT HOLLYWOOD ON SUNDAY, WHERE HE WAS HOSTG A G OUT PARTY THAT WOUND UP MOVG TO THE ABBEY LATER THAT EVENG. "I'M LIVG A NEW LIFE."{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;}MACK'S PARTY WAS ADVERTISED BY A FLYER THAT READ ALL PS: "STRAIGHT OFF THE PRS."{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;}IN A STATEMENT TO THE PRS AFTER THE HIS VIO SURFACED, MACK SAID: "TO THE ON THAT WERE ONCE MY IENDS AND NOW FEEL DISGT, I’M SORRY, BUT THIS IS MY LIFE. I’M NOT LOOKG FOR SYMPATHY OR EVEN UNRSTANDG, I’VE KEPT THIS SECRET FOR A LONG TIME. IT IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD AND THIS IS ME WALKG MY TTH."{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;}GLAD TO SEE HE'S DOG WHOUT {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
- YAF MACK NFS TO 'NSCLY' TAKG PART A GAY PORN FILM
- GAY PORN WEBSE HS BACK AT BOXER YAF MACK'S 'FALSE AND PREPOSTERO' CLAIMS
- PRO BOXER YAF MACK SAYS ‘I’M GAY’ REVEALG S-DOWN INTERVIEW: WATCH
- BOXER: I WAS DGGED BEFORE STARRG GAY PORNO
NOW YAF MACK SAYS HE'S GAY
Yaf Mack's story is both utnary and spiratnal, pecially as he succsfully mov forward wh his life as a proud gay Black man. * yusaf mack gay *
People have even bee famo bee of sex tap; however, the emergence of a gay sex tape featurg an Amerin profsnal boxer is totally new and uncharted Mack, a profsnal boxer out of Philalphia, has fought several former world champns, cludg Alejandro Berr, Glen Johnson and Carl Froch. He has also publicly stated that he is “bisexual”, and then later stated that he is “gay”.
He not only forc the public to reevaluate perceptns of what a gay man looks like and acts like, but he also unrm Black gay male stereotyp and simplistic notns of sexualy and masculy. We n learn a great al om the velopment of events that led to his own admissn that Mack is, fact gay, cludg the forc at work around Black masculy, homophobia and Black Male Image as a CommodyThere are enomic, terpersonal, and soc-historil fluenc around how Ain Amerin men learn to nceptualize their mascule inti. Historilly, Black gay athlet are not weled wh open arms and “g out” n be trimental to on reer, pecially wh spher (basketball, football, hip hop, etc) that are viscerally culturally ristant to alternative inty is important bee Yaf Mack has had to weigh the sts and rewards of g out for several years, which many people were affected, cludg his 10 children and fiancée.
There are very few posive exampl of openly gay Black male athlet or entertaers, pecially gay Black boxers. There is no blueprt for a Black gay athlete and the rare exampl that do exist do not offer any fort.
PROFSNAL BOXER YAF MACK CLAIMS HE WAS DGGED GAY PORN VIO
* yusaf mack gay *
One’s inty acts as currency many s, where gay performers are urged to nceal their sexual inty bee n their reers or where productn pani e one’s inty to prof very problematic ways. Black men have long been forced to nceal their sexual orientatn bee homosexualy ran unter to the image of Black manhood and masculy. Consir Yaf Mack’s ial rponse to mors that he was gay.
Sexual accs to women and prows signify that a Black man is, well, a man, which acts as a veil to protect Black men who may be gay om gay mors.
BOXER YAF MACK LIED ABOUT BEG 'DGGED' INTO GAY PORN
Everythg about the recent viral famy of Yaf Mack is sane—om the actual gay porn threome he participated to his cisn to addrs , which brought the vio far more attentn than would have received if he had jt ignored s existence. Perhaps the most sane thg, though, is this quote that Mack, a 35-year-old profsnal boxer who holds some regnal tl, gave to the Philalphia Daily News’s Jenice Armstrong to exonerate himself: * yusaf mack gay *
The dynamics nnot Importance of Agency In Comg Out Studi show that the aftermath of g out is posive for gay men and lbian women, allowg people to embrace their sexual orientatn, tablish muny, and be te to themselv.
It is hard to believe that Mack thought this film would never see the light of day, but more importantly, if one is participatg a gay sex tape bee he/she is strapped for sh, speaks to the lack of agency around his abily to strategilly and safely e out. He won’t be nsired a hero and he will not get a page the history books bee race and sexual orientatn operate a matrix that works and looks very differently for Ain-Amerins, particularly gay Black men the arena of sports. We have moved forward society, but we have not moved towards a more acceptg space for Black gay athlet by any stretch of the imagatn.
PRO BOXER IN GAY PORNO -- TURNS OUT, I'M GAY
The pro boxer who starred a gay porno movie is now admtg ... he lied about beg dgged and forced to participate ... and says the tth of the matter is he's gay. * yusaf mack gay *
This fact is not lost on Yaf Mack’s stggle to embrace who he is at a time when he is at the end of his reer as a boxer (retirg last year) Mack’s story is both utnary and spiratnal, pecially as he succsfully mov forward wh his life as a proud gay Black man. The forc of Black masculy, heterosexism and homophobia all work as terlockg systems of opprsn the se of Yaf Mack, ditg that we still have a very long road ahead of as we untangle the gridlock of race, class and genr.
In an terview that was apparently filmed Monday wh Philalphia Fox 29’s Qucy Harris, Yaf Mack announced, “I’m gay!
YAF MACK CELEBRAT HIS "NEW LIFE" AT WT HOLLYWOOD COMG OUT PARTYTHE FORMER BOXER IS LIVG A BETIFUL NEW LIFE WH A BETIFUL PLATUM GRILL TO {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 MATTHEW THARRETTNOVEMBER 10, 2015/11:35 AMBY MATTHEW THARRETTNOVEMBER 10, 2015 / 11:35 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"YAF MACK CELEBRAT HIS \"NEW LIFE\" AT WT HOLLYWOOD COMG OUT PARTY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-11-10T16:35:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-11-10T16:35:35.000+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":"MATTHEW THARRETT","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;}IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO WEEKS SCE FORMER BOXER YAF MACK FOUND THE LIMELIGHT BY CLAIMG HE WAS DGGED TO PERFORMG GAY PORN, G OUT AS BISEXUAL, AND THEN G OUT AS FULLY GAY. BUT SPE HIS LEWARM MEDIA RECEPTN, MACK SEEMS TO BE LIVG HIS BT {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;}RELATED: BOXER YAF MACK COM OUT AS {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;}"NEW LIFE," HE TOLD A TMZ PHOTOGRAPHER OUTSI RAGE WT HOLLYWOOD ON SUNDAY, WHERE HE WAS HOSTG A G OUT PARTY THAT WOUND UP MOVG TO THE ABBEY LATER THAT EVENG. "I'M LIVG A NEW LIFE."{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;}MACK'S PARTY WAS ADVERTISED BY A FLYER THAT READ ALL PS: "STRAIGHT OFF THE PRS."{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;}IN A STATEMENT TO THE PRS AFTER THE HIS VIO SURFACED, MACK SAID: "TO THE ON THAT WERE ONCE MY IENDS AND NOW FEEL DISGT, I’M SORRY, BUT THIS IS MY LIFE. I’M NOT LOOKG FOR SYMPATHY OR EVEN UNRSTANDG, I’VE KEPT THIS SECRET FOR A LONG TIME. IT IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD AND THIS IS ME WALKG MY TTH."{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;}GLAD TO SEE HE'S DOG WHOUT {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
Yaf Mack, 35, om Philalphia, who has fought several world champns and is known as the 'Mack Attack', was intified as one of the men the gay porno earlier this month. * yusaf mack gay *
”“I’m gay, I’m tired of holdg , is what is, I live my life, I’m gay, ” said the 35-year-old Mack who says he has known this for “about eight years.
Everythg about the recent viral famy of Yaf Mack is sane—om the actual gay porn threome he participated to his cisn to addrs , which brought the vio far more attentn than would have received if he had jt ignored s existence. That one probably stretch back even further than the other fense he’s g for his unniable participatn a hardre gay sex scene for the productn pany DawgPoundUSA. Has anyone had gay sex before this room?
”In the ensug social media furor, many have poted to what looks to be Mack’s personal (as non-profsnal) Twter acunt, on which several pictur of naked men and gay sex (like this one and this one om another DawgPoundUSA vio) have been favored—alongsi pictur of naked women.
YAF MACK NFS TO 'NSCLY' TAKG PART A GAY PORN FILM
This acunt was particularly active durg the end of 2014, jt before “Holiday Hump’n” was ’s also an image gog around of Mack standg alongsi two different naked men, purportedly on another gay porn set:So they found pictur of Yaf Mack on a different set of a different porn, and he don't appear to be dgged??
Profsnal Philalphia boxer Yaf Mack ma wav last week when he claimed he was dgged to dog gay porn. "Mack go on to adm he lied about beg dgged bee "my life was pletely stroyed once had been outed that I participated a gay film. To see more heartbreakg stori about beg ught between two worlds, watch the emotnal trailer for 's origal documentary, Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay the is your No.
Pro Boxer In Gay Porno. Turns Out, I'm Gay. The pro boxer who starred a gay porno movie is now admtg...
GAY PORN WEBSE HS BACK AT BOXER YAF MACK'S 'FALSE AND PREPOSTERO' CLAIMS
And says the tth of the matter is he's gay.
PRO BOXER YAF MACK SAYS ‘I’M GAY’ REVEALG S-DOWN INTERVIEW: WATCH
"I'm gay. I'm gay. It's only been two weeks sce former boxer Yaf Mack found the limelight by claimg he was dgged to performg gay porn, g out as bisexual, and then g out as fully gay.
BOXER: I WAS DGGED BEFORE STARRG GAY PORNO
A Philalphia boxer who claimed he was dgged and forced to take part a gay porn film has admted to beg bisexual and makg up the sensatnal story as a Mack, 35, nfsed Monday that he was 'fully nsc' durg the filmg of the explic vio, which shows him havg sex wh two an extensive statement, Mack said he is bisexual and apologized for lyg about how he me to be volved the week the dad of ten claimed that after agreeg to take part a porno featurg women, he was given 'a pill and vodka' upon arrivg at the set and his memory blacked down for vio Explic: A screenshot of a vio om a gay porn webse showg retired boxer Yaf Mack (right). The 35-year-old admted Monday he lied about beg dgged durg the filmg and has no memory of the vio The film of Yaf Mack appeared on the gay porn webse DawgPound USA, who lled his claims about beg dgged prepostero.
', who posted the footage on their gay porn subscriptn webse, h back at the 'patently false and prepostero claims' that Mack was dgged durg se, which featur Ain-Amerin men, told Gawker Friday they were pursug legal actn agast his statement, Mack me clear about his sexualy and why he agreed to do the film. He is pictured here Nottgham, England, November 2012Mack went on to 'addrs the reason' why he lied:'My life was pletely stroyed once had been outed that I participated a gay film. He is seen here a fight agast Librado Andra (left) Las Vegas 2007 'The only time I touch a man is when I'm the rg fightg': Yaf Mack matas he not willgly appear a gay porn film The next thg he said he remembers is someone wakg him up on a tra at 30th then found $4, 500 sh his pocket, he said.