The father of the perpetually adorable McClure twins is the current center of attention after someone discovered a few racist tweets from his past.
Justin McClure used to be an aspiring comedian, and before his daughters' fame, the McClure twin Twitter account was formerly his comedy account. He deleted the tweets, but as we all know, screenshots are forever. After MissZindzi's tweets, other folks uncovered more problematic tweets. McClure appeared to be quite fond of making fun of black women, in particular.
"Dominican women I know: Ilia, Awilda, Janitsy, Zora. Black women I know: Chandelier, Lasagna, Constellation, Walgreens #whenblackpeoplegetpaid," he wrote in one of the tweets.
They're deleted, but I saw these online pic.twitter.com/i43r4Ge47Z
— Man of the Decade (@MissZindzi) July 8, 2018
Also another one pic.twitter.com/RMgTE1p20g
— ???? (@BlackityBecky) July 9, 2018
And found these little numbers ! IMAGINE being a misogynistic, Homophobic, Ignorant, racist assh*le?? pic.twitter.com/ZSXbyv3meq
— Lana????ME. I AM TOXIC. (@lanathatbitch) July 9, 2018
Can you imagine being with someone who think R*PE is funny????!! Who thinks a woman should be paid less just because she’s a woman?! Who makes “jokes” about his d*ck being inside of a GIRL (notice it says GIRL) that’s some pedo bs right there. pic.twitter.com/wiaIwPrNS6
— Lana????ME. I AM TOXIC. (@lanathatbitch) July 9, 2018
And calling other countries ugly?? While being a je*koff at the same time?? YIKES pic.twitter.com/UhXnzEj2lP
— Lana????ME. I AM TOXIC. (@lanathatbitch) July 9, 2018
Who thinks suicide is funny? Who thinks picking fun at a religion that makes up MOST of the world?? I know who???? hey,Billy @McClureTwins
pic.twitter.com/5FAA15QjIa— Lana????ME. I AM TOXIC. (@lanathatbitch) July 9, 2018
McClure claimed the tweets were before he met his wife and gave a half-assed apology. He blamed the tweets on being a "womanizer" and "drunk":
There are tweets from my (Justin) comedy days (2011?) before I met Ami. Although they may not be funny,they were meant to be. I was a comedian and pushed the envelope with humor. That was then, not now, sorry if anyone was offended by ANY of my jokes (many were dis-tasteful)
— McClure Twins Family (@McClureTwins) July 9, 2018
Insensitive…yes, from a very insecure man (at the time). I've talked publicly about how I said irreverent things for attention. I was a drunk and a womanizer (then)…it's well documented that sobriety changed my attitude, and Ami change my life (i didn't know her then)
— McClure Twins Family (@McClureTwins) July 9, 2018
However, the most recent tweets were from 2014. McClure's twin daughters were born in July 2013.
McClure posted an apology video, co-starring his wife and son, to attempt to explain the tweets further. His wife, Ami, appears to be standing by her man.
"What I dislike is people always brandishing things as someone being racist. Were they bad jokes? Absolutely, but is he racist? I mean, really?" she said.
McClure said he wouldn't answer any more comments and directed people to his wife if they had something to say.
Just a few weeks ago, the family went viral after he posted a picture of them in Nigerian inspired garb on Instagram:
We hope he's changed for the children's sake.
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