Los Angeles Sep 17 (IANS) Australian singer Troye Sivan says that rapper Eminems use of a homophobic slur in his latest album "Kamikaze" is inexcusable.
"I don t think there s ever really a reason " the singer told variety.com.
He added: "I just feel like some words are not meant for everyone or for anyone. It s not that hard to respect that so I just hope that people do."
Sivan who came out publicly as gay in a YouTube video in 2013 said forgiveness for actions like Eminem s is possible though not without some real work.
"I would like to believe that people can grow and change. I think that repeated behaviour is something that should be taken really seriously... I would love to believe that if the person showed enough genuine remorse and understanding of how they have hurt people and actively made strides to correct that - I would like to believe I can be fine with that person " he said.
Eminem came under fire shortly after the release of "Kamikaze" as one track "The fall" includes the lyrics: "Tyler create nothin I see why you called yourself a f--t bitch" in reference to rapper Tyler the Creator.
He acknowledged that he had made a mistake in an interview: "I think the word that I called him on that song was one of the things where I felt like ‘This might be too far ."
He added: "Because in my quest to hurt him I realise that I was hurting a lot of other people by saying it."

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