It seems that Jack Maynard is not the only person whose old tweets are coming back to haunt him.
Grime rapper Stormzy has come under fire for a number of homophobic tweets where he labelled someone on a TV show he was watching a 'f**king f*g', used the same term to refer to the gay relationship portrayed on Eastenders and used the word 'f*ggot' to attack another Twitter user with.
The 24-year-old took to the social media platform to apologise for his 'foul and offensive' comments, saying that he had made them when he was 'young and proudly ignorant'.
We'll say one thing for him - it's more of an apology than a certain UFC star who recently used the same slur could come up with...
I said some foul and offensive things whilst tweeting years ago at a time when I was young and proudly ignorant. Very hurtful and discriminative views that I’ve unlearned as I’ve grown up and become a man..
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) November 22, 2017
The comments I made were unacceptable and disgusting, full stop. Comments that I regret and to everyone I’ve offended, I am sorry, these are attitudes I’ve left in the past. The homophobic language I used was, embarrassingly, a part of my vocabulary when I was younger and...
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) November 22, 2017
ignorance made me feel comfortable to use them whilst not understanding the hate and the ramifications they carry. That isn’t an excuse, I take responsibility for my mistakes and hope you can understand that my younger self doesn’t reflect who I am today.
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) November 22, 2017
Again, I’m sorry to everyone I’ve offended. To the LGBQT community and my supporters and friends, my deepest apologies ðŸ™Â?ðŸÂ?¿
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) November 22, 2017