Tim Hardaway used to be best known for basketball, but most recently, his claim to fame is that he virulently, unapologetically hates gays? Or does he? Since the brouhaha over the homophobic comments he made in February, he seems to have made an honest effort to change.
“I just wanted to go in and get educated, that’s all. Get educated on what I said and why I said those things,” Hardaway said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. “I’m working on understanding it now. I’m not really trying to make amends. I’ve been there trying to get help.”
Hardaway has declined many interview requests in recent months, saying he didn’t want to make his work with advocacy groups seem like a publicity stunt or a quick-fix to an image problem.
“I had no idea how much I hurt people,” said Hardaway, who spent most of his NBA career with the Golden State Warriors and Miami Heat, and still makes his home in South Florida. “A lot of people.”
Hardaway has become a regular at the Yes Institute, an advocacy group for gay kids, and the activists there seem to think he really has turned over a new leaf. I believe him if they do.
[SI via QT]
this is good news!
Kudos. Now his gay prostitute won’t out him.
I want to believe him, but cynicism comes so easily to me. If it makes a difference, I don’t necessarily believe he’s sincere in this but it doesn’t matter because he’s still doing good.
His tirade hurt his employment possibilities. So this is an attempt at trying to make amends so that he becomes employable in the future.