Brooklyn 99 actor Terry Crews has come under fire for his comments on children with same-sex parents.
The American actor and comedian has been called out on Twitter for saying kids with two mothers or two fathers will lack paternal and maternal figures.
It all started with Crews criticizing a New York Times opinion piece. He particularly highlighted that a woman had written an op-ed about young black men.
Another thing that bothers me is that this OP-ED was written by a WOMAN about how how boys should be taught to grow into successful young men.
How would she know?
MEN NEED TO HOLD OTHER MEN ACCOUNTABLE.
— terry crews (@terrycrews) February 24, 2019
I REPEAT: Women can speak with us. Just not FOR US. https://t.co/aoTzuGV4qx
— terry crews (@terrycrews) February 24, 2019
When Twitter users tried to point out women shouldn’t be excluded from the conversation about how to raise young boys, Crews then replied addressing single-parent parenting. His answer seemed to be reinforcing traditional gender roles.
Crews apologized for his tweet
In a tweet since deleted, Crews said: ‘I’ve reiterated many times that same-sex couples and single parents can successfully raise a child. But I believe paternal AND maternal love are like vitamins and minerals to humanity.’
https://twitter.com/astdelagrange/status/1101971323021152256
He also added: ‘No matter where you get that paternal and maternal love. MY purpose is to give paternal love.’
Told by another user that ‘love is not gendered. A child will not starve with only one gender loving them,’ Crews replied, ‘But they will be severely malnourished’.
The actor and fervent Christian later deleted the tweet and apologized.
I apologize to anyone who was hurt by my “severely malnourished” tweet. It was in response to someone who said kids wouldn’t “starve”.
It was poorly worded so I deleted it.
— terry crews (@terrycrews) March 1, 2019
In a further tweet, Crews went on to point out that ‘all human beings are equal, but we’re not identical’.
ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE EQUAL.
BUT WE ARE NOT IDENTICAL.
— terry crews (@terrycrews) March 1, 2019
Read also:
‘I “wanted” to be sexually assaulted?’: Terry Crews slams comedian’s comments
Kevin Hart should ‘acknowledge the pain of other people’, says Terry Crews
Terry Crews releases apology letter from agent who sexually assaulted him