We all gave boxer Yusaf Mack major side eye after footage of him engaging in a gay porn with two other males via porn company Dog Pound USA surfaced last week.
Once the video and story began making headlines, the father of 10 and presumed “straight” boxer responded to the claims and although he admitted he indeed was in the film, he denied that he did so willingly and denied being gay at all.
Yusaf claimed that he was drugged by the producers after he arrived on set to film what he thought was a straight porn which he agreed to do because he was in dire times and needed the money. He also said there were women on set when he arrived before he took a pill and a drink that he says was spiked, but that is all he remembered before waking up on a train with $4500.00 in his pocket.
Dog Pound came out and denied the allegations of drugging him and claimed that Mack was very aware of what he was doing and signed up for, and they announced plans to sue him for defamation to their company. Well it looks like that lawsuit scared him straight, or should we say “gay” as now he is confessing that he lied about the entire thing and indeed IS bi-sexual.
According to his official statement courtesy of BSO:
“This is an issued public apology from my heart. I want to address a few situations with the first being the false claims I made about being drugged during the Dog Pound adult film. I have never spoke negatively about the company that produced the film although the claim to have been given a drug by someone during set was a lie. I was completely aware and fully conscious during the film.
The second situation, which further explain the first, concerns my lifestyle. I did participate in the adult film because at the time I needed money but also because I am a bisexual man. Meaning I enjoy safely being intimate with whomever I choose.
Lastly I would like to address the reason I lied. My life was completely destroyed once it had been outed that I participated in a gay film. I selfishly tried to cover the truth and remain indenial, rather than accept the fact that I was leading a double life secretly.
After reflecting on the mess I had made I realized that I hurt a lot of my loved ones and the people, my famCherry.d fans, I cared about the most were left disappointed and confused. It was unfair and time to come clean. I want to say sorry to my children and my ex fiancé, I am so sorry that I was a coward and hid a huge part of my life from you all. To the ones that were once my friends and now feel disgust, I’m sorry, but this is my life. I’m not looking for sympathy or even understanding, I’ve kept this secret for a long time. It is time to move forward and this is me walking in my truth.
There are other men and women that are set up in the similar situations and I just hope I can be inspiration to be just be you. The extreme taboo and harsh criticism of living a same sex lifestyle, especially as an African American male, makes it hard to be completely honest and comfortablewithin yourself. But I had to remember that I am a champ & I can fight and will fight through this. I am more than my sexual orientation. To all of my supporters I thank you dearly. For all other media outlets please contact my consultant Anthony Cherry.”
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