Ari Lennox has issued a heartfelt apology to TV personalities Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King for some strong words she used when referencing the pair back in 2020.
The Age/Sex/Location singer took to the comment section of The Neighborhood Talk‘s Instagram page on Friday (May 26) to issue a lengthy apology explaining her side of the story.
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“Y’all can take this however you want,” she began. “But my passion is SINGING. I am not an actress first nor have I been auditioning for anything. I’m beyond content with what God has blessed me with. I apologized because I FEEL I was wrong, and I feel like those women didn’t deserve that ignorant attack from me.”
She continued: “This is not to impress the self-righteous idiots, the true misogynists that love degrading Black women for their imperfections or flaws. We all have a million reasons as to why we become who we become and I don’t see the point in being judgmental and evil towards people figuring it out.
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“I’m here with no agenda or motive. I was wrong and I want to be very clear about it. I don’t mind being real about it. It’s not my intent to impress you or please any of you.”
She then took to her own Twitter page to issue a shorter, but equally heartfelt, apology. “I sincerely apologize to Oprah and Gayle. Y’all legends didn’t deserve that wretched ignorant live,” she wrote.
I sincerely apologize to Oprah and Gayle. Y’all legends didn’t deserve that wretched ignorant live.
— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) May 26, 2023
Back in 2020, King interviewed Lisa Leslie of the WNBA after Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, perished in a helicopter crash. And during the interview, King seemingly kept pressuring Leslie into addressing Bryant’s rape allegations from 2003, for which the case was eventually dropped after Bryant’s accuser refused to testify.
Lennox didn’t appreciate King’s approach, and took to her Instagram Live to express her rather extreme displeasure.
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“Fuck ass, fucked up, fuck Gayle [King], and fuck Oprah,” she said. “Y’all are some self-hating pieces of shit fuck-asses. I have never seen a c–n more fucking c–nier than got damn kale and okra. I’m over y’all. I don’t give a fuck how rich y’all are, how much you fucking accomplish. Y’all are tearing down the legacies of so many phenomenal beautiful Black men and I don’t fucking have time for it.”
She continued: “I’m sick. I’m disgusted. You don’t care about Black people. Okra I knew you wasn’t shit when kids was trying to take a picture with you and she said ‘Ooh I see your little crack phone.'”
In other Ari Lennox news, the singer recently opened up about having self-confidence issues regarding love and relationships and said she felt “unattractive” by “wanting love so bad.”
Back in March, the R&B singer revealed in a Twitter post that she might have harmed her self-esteem while trying to pursue love. Ari said that it has caused her to feel “blind and weak,” which made her “dangerously trusting.”
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“Have I made myself unattractive by wanting love so bad?” she asked. “By speaking about it? Complaining about it? I wish I didn’t crave it.”
She added: “I wish it didn’t make me blind, weak, and so dangerously trusting. I wish I had no love inside of me. Wish I didn’t have emotions. Wish I didn’t care.”
