Social slurs: The celebrities brought down by online homophobia Days after Kevin Hart was named as the host of next year’s Oscars, the US comedian has had to pull out in the wake of criticism over past homophobic tweets. But he is not the first celebrity to be caught out over anti-gay slurs. Here are three other examples: Manny Pacquiao Filipino boxer, Manny Pacquiao, lost a lucrative Nike sponsorship deal, after video emerged online of him saying people in same-sex
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relationships were “worse than animals”. “Animals are better because they can distinguish male from female,” said the eight-times world champion. “Do you see animals mating with the same sex? If men mate with men and women mate with women they are worse than animals”. After the footage emerged, Nike terminated its contract with Pacquiao, describing his remarks as “abhorrent”. Azealia Banks In 2016, rapper, Azealia Banks, was accused of making homophobic and racially charged slurs about One Direction singer, Zayn Malik. In a heated exchange on Twitter, Banks described Malik as “curry-
