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Ne-Yo Apologizes for Criticizing Parents Who Support Children Deciding Their Gender Identity
The Rainbow Mafia got to him. I knew this was coming when I read what he said yesterday.
During the interview, Ne-Yo expressed a disconnect between his understanding of gender identity, stating: “I just personally come from an era where a man was a man and a woman was a woman. And there was two genders, and that’s just how I rocked. You could identify as a goldfish if you feel like, I don’t care. That ain’t my business. It becomes my business when you try to make me play the game with you. I’m not gonna call you a goldfish. But if you wanna be a goldfish, you go be a goldfish.”
To further support his opinion, the musician — who is a father of seven — created an example scenario using a 5-year-old who identifies as a girl. “I feel like parents have almost forgotten what the role of a parent is,” he said. “If your little boy comes to you and says, ‘Daddy, I want to be a girl.’ And you just let him rock with that? He’s 5 … If you let this 5-year-old boy decide to eat candy all day, he’s gonna do that … He can’t drive a car yet, but he can decide his sex?”
Ne-Yo’s initial response was to double down and defend his right to have an opinion, writing in the comments of an Instagram Post to clarify: “I’m not asking anybody to agree with me nor am I telling you what you can and cannot do with your children. I stated my opinion on a matter and that’s that. Why should I care if my opinion upsets you when you don’t care if yours upsets anyone?”
The Rainbow Mafia got to him. I knew this was coming when I read what he said yesterday.
During the interview, Ne-Yo expressed a disconnect between his understanding of gender identity, stating: “I just personally come from an era where a man was a man and a woman was a woman. And there was two genders, and that’s just how I rocked. You could identify as a goldfish if you feel like, I don’t care. That ain’t my business. It becomes my business when you try to make me play the game with you. I’m not gonna call you a goldfish. But if you wanna be a goldfish, you go be a goldfish.”
To further support his opinion, the musician — who is a father of seven — created an example scenario using a 5-year-old who identifies as a girl. “I feel like parents have almost forgotten what the role of a parent is,” he said. “If your little boy comes to you and says, ‘Daddy, I want to be a girl.’ And you just let him rock with that? He’s 5 … If you let this 5-year-old boy decide to eat candy all day, he’s gonna do that … He can’t drive a car yet, but he can decide his sex?”
Ne-Yo’s initial response was to double down and defend his right to have an opinion, writing in the comments of an Instagram Post to clarify: “I’m not asking anybody to agree with me nor am I telling you what you can and cannot do with your children. I stated my opinion on a matter and that’s that. Why should I care if my opinion upsets you when you don’t care if yours upsets anyone?”
