Floyd Mayweather Jr. took to the Internet again on Friday, this time to apologize for a profanity-filled racist rant against Manny Pacquiao that he recorded on uStream.com Thursday.
Mayweather continued to mispronounce Pacquiao’s surname, repeatedly referring to him as “Pooch-ee-ow.†But a day after making racist and homophobic comments on uStream, Mayweather offered an apology to those who were offended.
“I do want to apologize for what happened the other night,†Mayweather said. “I want to apologize to everybody. They felt it was a racist comment that came from me. I don’t have a racist bone in my body, you know. I love everybody…
In the original video, he referred to Pacquiao, a native of the Philippines, as “a yellow chump,†and said “Once I stomp the midget, I’ll make that [expletive] make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice.†In addition, he said, “I’m going to cook that [expletive] with cats and dogs. Have some rice with a little barbecue dog.†He also referred to Pacquiao by using a derogatory slang term for a homosexual.
—Sabrina B.