Independent Wrestler AJ Gray Apologizes After Offensive Twitter Comments Resurface

It was reported earlier this week that AJ Gray called out AEW for a lack of diversity and representation among its male talent. Not long after that, tweets he posted when he was eighteen have resurfaced and feature comments about rape, homophobia and transphobia.

https://twitter.com/SecBiTw/status/1284241000010063876

Gray has apologized on Twitter for his past comments, suggesting that he was young when it happened and he’s more mature now.

He wrote: “I was 18…. I never thought my words would have consequences… I was watching Comedy Central and I thought this joke was funny. As a 25 almost 26 year old adult, I know this is genuinely fucked up. I regret saying this, and I apologize…. I’m a matured adult now….And I know as an ADULT that those comments were horrendously wrong. I don’t make the same comments now for that reason. I was a teenager, I lived my life and learned that shit is NOT right!”

I was 18…. I never thought my words would have consequences… I was watching Comedy Central and I thought this joke was funny.

As a 25 almost 26 year old adult, I know this is genuinely fucked up. I regret saying this, and I apologize…. I’m a matured adult now…. https://t.co/liCwukYgbS

— Aj Gray (@RichHomieJuice) July 17, 2020

And I know as an ADULT that those comments were horrendously wrong. I don’t make the same comments now for that reason. I was a teenager, I lived my life and learned that shit is NOT right! https://t.co/6UrjCnUkKK

— Aj Gray (@RichHomieJuice) July 17, 2020

Promotions he worked for, including Synergy Pro Wrestling and Paradigm Pro Wrestling, have also weighed in, defending him.

https://twitter.com/synergywrestle/status/1284264244960276487

When he was a teenager, AJ Gray made some regrettable & offensive comments. We do not condone these remarks.

However, these comments do not represent AJ as an adult. AJ has performed on many PPW events, and been nothing but a professional & locker room leader.

Full statement: pic.twitter.com/k0j44K41CG

— Paradigm Pro Wrestling (@ParadigmProWres) July 18, 2020