Matthew Morrison is talking out concerning the controversy that has all of a sudden consumed his profession this week.
As we’ve been reporting, the 43-year-old star was fired from So You Assume You Can Dance after he allegedly despatched a feminine contestant “flirty” messages that made her “uncomfortable.”
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Now, new on Thursday night, the Broadway star is talking out on his personal behalf — and denying the allegations levied towards him by reportedly bringing forth the receipts from the alleged dialog.
Taking to Instagram to put up a video of himself seated and speaking on to followers, the Tony Award-nominated star spoke out about how the alleged the dialog had apparently gone down. The Glee alum slammed the claims towards him as “blatantly unfaithful” and stated that it was “actually unlucky” he needed to now defend himself towards one thing he asserts didn’t occur.
Talking concerning the ordeal, he acknowledged:
“It’s actually unlucky that I’ve to take a seat right here and defend myself and my household towards blatantly unfaithful statements made anonymously, however I’ve nothing to cover. So, within the curiosity of transparency, I’ll learn to you the one message I wrote to a dancer on the present.”
From there, the star checked out his telephone and browse out loud the alleged message — he says the one message — he despatched to the contestant earlier than the s**t hit the fan:
“‘Hey, it’s Matthew. In the event you don’t thoughts, would like to get your quantity and speak you thru some issues.’ The tip. I despatched this as a result of this dancer and I each share a mutual respect for a choreographer that I’ve identified for over 20 years and I used to be attempting to assist her get a job as a choreographer on the present.”
Wow.
Shifting ahead to the broader points at play with this controversy, the actor took a crucial take a look at the “world the place gossip guidelines,” and slammed the obvious indisputable fact that “folks’s lives are being thrown round as clickbait.”
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Morrison stated:
“It’s devastating that we reside on this world the place gossip guidelines and other people’s lives are being thrown round as clickbait. I feel that is a lot greater than me and this story. Gossip is poisonous and it’s destroying our society, and we have to do higher.”
Concluding the video, Morrison stated he wished the present’s contestants and his fellow judges “all the very best” earlier than signing off.
Right here’s the complete video:
Undoubtedly a really robust response from Morrison — a transparent, clear rebuke of the allegations towards him. Do U purchase it?
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