Tim Hardaway is a Homophobic, Self-Serving Moron
March 14th, 2007 by Levi MatthewsTim Hardaway wants to make something clear: He doesn’t hate gay people.
In a February interview with a Miami radio station, Hardaway said he didn’t believe gay players should share a locker room with heterosexual players, adding: “I don’t like gay people, and I don’t like to be around gay people.”
Got that? He just doesn’t like them ok?
The former All-Star, of course, was reacting to the announcement by John Amaechi that he was a homosexual; Hardaway apologized soon after making the comments and said Tuesday he wants to make sure people know that he really doesn’t hate gay people. No, seriously.
“People have been trying to kick me when I’m down,” he cries to The Miami Herald. “The reaction was “very, very shocking. People saying my wife left me — that’s not true. My family is OK and my finances are OK.
“… I’m looking for a second chance and trying to clean up my image. I haven’t been in trouble with drugs or guns. I’m an upstanding citizen. Like I told my children, life is not easy. This is a big bump I have to overcome. I’m going to deal with it like a champ. I’ve got to make sure people know I don’t hate gay people.”
Got that, kids? When you go on a nationally syndicated talk show and say you wish gay individuals did not exist in this world, life is not easy. There really is a lesson in there somewhere.
Hardaway also told the Herald that he hasn’t spoken to Amaechi after making homophobic remarks. And why not?
“I wasn’t interested in what he had to say about [my comments]. I’m not interested in trying to sell his book,” Hardaway said.
And it’s not as though the former point guard had any legitimate reason to apologize to a person he said he wished didn’t exist on this planet. Turns out Hardaway is quicker with back-tracking and changing facts that he was with that killer crossover.
