After making racist comments about black people and George Floyd and anti-Muslim remarks, Ryan Garcia says he's 'headed to rehab.'
In a lengthy Instagram post, Garcia apologized for her comments, saying that “if a word bothers you, it means you're too sensitive.”
“Let me get this straight: I have in fact supported black communities. I have endured racism from Tim Bradley calling me a zoo animal on ESPN,” Garcia wrote in a post. The message was typed and screenshotted.
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Ryan Garcia speaks onstage during the Ryan Garcia-Devin Haney New York Press Tour at Palladium Times Square on February 27, 2024 in New York City. (Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images)
“And I turn the other cheek, but I'm racist because everyone was drunk and talking shit all the time, including black men… God knows my heart and how I would protect black children until the day I die.”
Garcia said he was “speaking out against black-on-black crime” and “it was taken out of context.”
“Including Muslims [sic] Part I I spoke out against pedophile activity in all religions. [sic] and how I do not tolerate that.”
The caption of the post was a little more reserved, however. Garcia said she was “eliminating” the “N” word “from my vocabulary” and that she “sincerely apologized.”[d] If I hurt or offended someone.
Boxer Ryan Garcia attends the official Ring Of Fire weigh-in at BLVD City – Music World on May 17, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Richard Pelham/Getty Images)
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“But my pain deserves to be felt, blacks and browns have always been together. And it will always be that way. I'm a little lighter than you, but I love you and I love black children to the point that I would kill a black child. I was actually speaking out against black-on-black crimes. Against crimes against blacks. [sic] “I'm sorry,” he wrote.
Garcia later commented on his own post that he too is “heading to rehab.”
“Also, it was my friend who asked me to say that word and encouraged me, not an excuse, just saying,” she wrote. “Also, my friends in high school used to say it @infact [sic] Make me say it. I grew up like that.”
In another post, Garcia wrote that “I actually speak[s] “highly valued by Muslims.”
After the viral incident, World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaimán announced on day X that García had been expelled from the organization.
Garcia went on an explicit tirade against X after the New York State Athletic Commission suspended him for a year after testing positive for a banned substance in his fight against Devin Haney in April. He tested positive for ostarine, which is not a steroid but can stimulate muscle growth and is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned substances.
Ryan Garcia (white shorts) reacts against Devin Haney during their WBC super lightweight title fight at Barclays Center on April 20, 2024, in New York City. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
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In a statement to Fox News Digital, Garcia and his team He said at the time that he was “the victim of a contamination of substances, with levels measured in billions and trillions of grams, which gave him no advantage in the ring.”
Garcia was arrested last month on a felony vandalism charge after a Beverly Hills hotel accused him of causing about $15,000 in damage, a Beverly Hills The police department's watch commander told ESPN that he was reportedly arrested outside the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills.
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