{"id":1543563,"date":"2022-07-07T18:34:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T22:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1543563"},"modified":"2022-07-07T18:34:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T22:34:17","slug":"never-meant-to-hurt-anybody-macy-gray-continues-responding-to-backlash-says-being-a-woman-is-something-i-am-very-proud-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/never-meant-to-hurt-anybody-macy-gray-continues-responding-to-backlash-says-being-a-woman-is-something-i-am-very-proud-of\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Never Meant To Hurt Anybody\u2019: Macy Gray Continues Responding To Backlash, Says \u2018Being A Woman\u2019 Is \u2018Something I Am Very Proud Of\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnever-meant-to-hurt-anybody-macy-gray-continues-responding-to-backlash-says-being-a-woman-is-something-i-am-very-proud-of%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1543563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Entertainer Macy Gray continued responding to the backlash she\u2019s facing after saying \u201cjust because you go change your parts doesn\u2019t make you a woman,\u201d as she explained that she \u201cnever meant to hurt anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/singer-macy-gray-responds-to-backlash-after-she-says-just-because-you-go-change-your-parts-doesnt-make-you-a-woman\">54-year-old<\/a> singer\u2019s appearance Thursday on NBC\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/macy-gray-responds-to-backlash-over-comments-on-trans-women-143588421744\">Today<\/a>,\u201d the \u201cSweet Baby\u201d hitmaker was pressed multiple times by host Hoda Kotb to determine whether she had any new thoughts on the matter or if her \u201cperspective has changed\u201d after she faced attacks from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/macy-gray-transphobic-comments-response-1378295\/\">media outlets<\/a> and other critics online for defending women. The initial comments were made during her conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/macy-gray-piers-morgan-gender-affirming-surgery-woman?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&#038;utm_content=later-28057801&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=linkin.bio\">Piers Morgan<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 about transgender athletes in female sports on \u201cPiers Morgan Uncensored\u201d \u2014 as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/macy-gray-pokes-the-hornets-nest-just-because-you-go-change-your-parts-doesnt-make-you-a-woman-sorry\">The Daily Wire<\/a> previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell I never meant to, of course, hurt anybody with what I said,\u201d the singer told the host. \u201cI think it takes a lot of courage to be yourself. To go out in the world and be honest about who you are. So, I think anyone who is in the LGBT community is a hero and is sets an example for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I said some things that didn\u2019t go over well,\u201d she added. \u201cBut my intention was never to hurt anybody. I feel bad that I did hurt some people. And I think it\u2019s about education, it\u2019s about conversation. And us getting to a point where we understand each other. I\u2019ve learned a lot through this. So, I think that that was one of the reasons it might have happened. It was a huge learning experience for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know I think you can, like I said in there, you can call yourself,\u201d the superstar continued. \u201cYou are whoever you believe you are and no one can dictate that for you or take that away from you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The host then pressed the \u201cI Try\u201d hitmaker once again to get what must\u2019ve been a different answer when she asked Gray, \u201cso has your perspective changed, do you feel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve learned so much,\u201d the superstar replied. \u201cAnd I think \u2026 you know being a woman is a vibe and it\u2019s something I am very proud of. And it\u2019s very precious to me. And I think that you, in your heart feel that that\u2019s what you are, then that\u2019s what you are. Regardless, of what anybody says or thinks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer appeared on Morgan\u2019s show and said she knew her comments would be met with hate, before she stated that, \u201cas a woman, just because you go change your parts, doesn\u2019t make you a woman, sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that for a fact,\u201d Gray said. \u201cLike if you want me to call you a \u2018her,\u2019 I will, \u2019cause that\u2019s what you want, but that doesn\u2019t make you a woman just \u2019cause I call you a \u2018her\u2019 and just \u2019cause you got a surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the backlash, the performer told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/macy-gray-transphobic-comments-response-1378295\/\">Rolling Stone magazine<\/a> in a statement Wednesday, that she has \u201cnothing but love for the LGBTQ+ and transgender community\u201d and that her \u201cstatement on Piers Morgan was grossly misunderstood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t hate anyone,\u201d the statement added. \u201cI respect everyone\u2019s right to feel comfortable in their bodies and live their own truth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainer Macy Gray continued responding to the backlash she\u2019s facing after saying \u201cjust because you go change your parts doesn\u2019t make you a woman,\u201d as she explained that she \u201cnever meant to hurt anybody.\u201d During the 54-year-old singer\u2019s appearance Thursday on NBC\u2019s \u201cToday,\u201d the \u201cSweet Baby\u201d hitmaker was pressed multiple times by host Hoda Kotb &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1547056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1543563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1543563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1547056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1543563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1543563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1543563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}