James Hawley Was Dropped by His Management Team After a Homophobic TikTok Rant

Throughout his TikTok Q&A, which has since been deleted, James determined to reply the query “Do you assist LGBT?” His response went viral after RuPaul’s Drag Race UK contestant Baga Chipz reposted a display recording of the video on Twitter on July 22. 

“I a thousand, million % don’t agree with this, no,” James stated. “Hear, I can perceive ladies getting with one another on a regular basis at events and different issues like that. I do not care. Not an issue. I might need them to get with one another in entrance of me.” 

“However, boys however, and transgenders — one thing is significantly mistaken with you. What on earth makes you wish to change your gender, makes you wish to get f–ked within the a–. What’s mistaken with you soiled c—s. I really feel sorry on your households,” James concluded within the video.

A number of on-line customers then reached out to MTK World, the expertise company that represented James, to query their skilled relationship with the boxer. MTK World confirmed in a press release that that they had dropped James. 

“The administration group have made the choice to terminate Mr. Hawley’s contract with MTK World with rapid impact and can now not be representing him in any format,” it started. “The boxing neighborhood is about respect and unity and MTK World prides itself on its neighborhood focus and inclusive ethos. It has all the time been our mission to make boxing accessible to all, embracing individuality and being a secure area the place neighborhood can specific themselves and assist each other.”

“MTK World doesn’t in any manner condone, or assist the views that had been shared in any manner, nor will these feedback ever be thought of as acceptable from any of our fighters therefore the choice that was made by administration. We sit up for persevering with to attach and embrace the increasing boxing neighborhood and all the time endeavour to guide by instance,” the assertion continued. “We admire your assist in serving to us work in the direction of this.”

After James realized that he had been launched by MTK World, he took to his Instagram tales to subject an apology of kinds. His Instagram account is now personal, however a display recording of his tales was posted on Twitter by @JoleneDover. Originally of his apology, James stated that he understood MTK World’s determination.

“I am doing this video to announce that I have been launched from MTK World, the perfect within the enterprise. I utterly perceive and empathize of their motion they’ve taken over my video final evening,” he defined. “Final evening, I hit a brick wall, and I had sufficient of all of the messages and the disgusting and disturbing photos that I used to be being despatched by a number of members of the homosexual neighborhood. I lashed out, and stated a number of issues I did not imply.”

James stated that his phrases had come from a spot of anger and that they didn’t symbolize his character. He doubled down on this declare by saying that he had family members who’re homosexual. 

“I’ve mates who’re homosexual; I even have a cousin who’s homosexual. So, I by no means meant something by it, and I am sorry for who I offended,” James continued.

He then addressed his viewers, and blamed the ordeal on getting specific photographs and messages from the “homosexual public.”

“On the identical time, how would you prefer it if members from the homosexual public, on a daily foundation, had been sending you inappropriate movies and messages principally abusing you,” he added. “If this occurred to a woman, it will be a totally completely different scenario, and [there would be] large motion taken in the direction of the individuals who had been sending her abuse and inappropriate issues.”

The boxer then backtracked on his opinion of MTK World and he implored the company to provide him one other probability. 

“Additionally, however, I feel it is a very unfair dismissal from MTK World, and [I] want to be given the chance to point out my aspect of the story, and why I made this video, and [to] present them the proof I’ve that exhibits that it was an assault out of anger, and never over what I imagine,” he stated.

MTK World has not issued a press release about James’ apology try.