‘I’m embarrassed and ashamed’: Emily Ratajkowski’s husband Sebastian Bear-McClard apologizes for using the N-word ‘casually’ in social situations
Emily Ratajkowski’s husband is owning up to ‘previous missteps’ of using the N-word.
Sebastian Bear-McClard took to Twitter on Thursday to apologize for incidents in his past in which he used the racial slur.
His apology comes as the couple has repeatedly taken to the streets of Los Angeles for Black Lives Matter protests, with thousands of other, to protest for racial justice.
Apologizing: Emily Ratajkowski’s husband Sebastian Bear-McClard took to Twitter on Thursday to apologize for using the n-word
Sharing a message written in the notes app, the 39-year-old left his apology caption-less.
‘I used a word casually like it was mine to us,’ he wrote. ‘It’s not, it never was and it never will be.’
He went on to explain that he had learned more about racism and privilege in recent years.
Saying: ‘In the past few years I’ve learned a lot about my privilege as a man and as a white person and about the history racism in this country.’
In full: ‘Owning our own missteps is a crucial part of changing the way the world operates,’ he continued in a lengthy post. ‘I’m embarrassed and ashamed and I sincerely apologize to everyone who I may have hurt’
Criticism: The apology came after BET’s Style Director Danielle Prescod publically called him out for using the word so frequently at a party she called it ‘hurtful and abusive’
‘Owning our own missteps is a crucial part of changing the way the world operates,’ he continued. ‘I’m embarrassed and ashamed and I sincerely apologize to everyone who I may have hurt.’
The apology came after his wife, who he married in 2018, received comments about his past actions in a post in which she said she sometimes feels ‘so useless’ while protesting racial inequality.
‘I actually have an idea,’ BET’s Style Director Danielle Prescod responded to the model. ‘You could start by talking to your husband, a white man, who has used the n-word repeatedly in my presence.’
Prescod went on to explain that while at a party with Bear-McClard he used the slur so frequently in her presence another black woman left.
‘Hurtful and abusive’: It was this message from Danielle that likely triggered Sebastian’s apology
Adding: ‘So much so that another black friend was so disgusted she left [the party where he said it]. Another black woman had the same exact experience.’
She went on to encourage Emily to address his behavior at home and called his actions ‘hurtful and abusive.’
‘You probably have never seen this behavior,’ Prescod wrote. ‘I would like you to address the issues in your home and then you can help us out here. I would like you to ask him what he can do differently … I mean this with the utmost sincerity. It was hurtful and abusive.’
Protesting together: Bear-McClard and Ratajkowski have been attending multiple days of Black Lives Matter protests in LA in the past week
Ratajkowski has been a vocal Black Lives Matter support, attending multiple days of protests with her husband and using her social media platform to call for change.
She also used her story to call out social media activists, after #BlackOutTuesday started trending, taking over the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag with black squares instead of vital resources.
She previously took to her Instagram story with a sign she created that read: ‘Dismantle power structures of oppression.’