Recently Kim Burrell has been receiving tons of backlash for her recent homophobic comments. Her comments have even gotten her removed from a recent appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
She was to perform with Pharrell Williams to help promote the new film, “Hidden Figures,” as they both appear on the films soundtrack.
Thursday Pharrell appeared on the show to talk about the film, the importance of women and the importance of love and acceptance.
After Ellen mentioned she didn’t think it was right to give Kim Burrell a platform following her comments she asked Pharrell his opinion on the situation. He said, “There’s no space, there’s no room for any kind of prejudice in 2017 or moving on.”
He continued, “She’s a fantastic singer, and I love her, just like I love everybody else. We all have to get used to everyone’s differences and understand this is a big gigantic, beautiful, colorful world, and it only works with inclusion and empathy. It only works that way.”
Speaking from personal experience, Ellen DeGeneres talked about not wanting anyone else to feel the same kind of hurt she has experienced in the past because of her sexuality.
Pharrell then continued, “Whenever you hear some kind of hate speech and you feel like it doesn’t necessarily pertain to you because you may not have anything to do with that. All you have to do is put black in that sentence or gay in that sentence, or put transgender in that sentence, or put white in that sentence, and all of a sudden it starts to make sense to you.”
Check out the interview below:
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