So You Think You Can Dance's Nigel Lythgoe responds to Lara Spencer apology for laughing at Prince George taking up ballet

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"Lara I hope you now understand the problems that so many young men have faced as a thoughtless community laughs at them for wanting to dance," the SYTYCD co-creator and judge wrote on Twitter after Spencer apologized today for mocking the future king on Good Morning America Thursday. "I see so many young men heartbroken because they’ve been thrown out of their homes by their ignorant parents. We are better than that. Those of us with the platform of entering peoples homes have a duty to educate and inform. Both Dancing With The Stars and my own show SYTYCD have fought the stigma that has been built up over the years by a homophobic, narrow minded society. Neither of my two boys wanted to dance. My 4 year-old grandson, Leo, loves to do ‘ballet’ with the girls. It makes me smile to see how much he loves it. I hope he’s never made to feel uncomfortable if he wishes to continue into adulthood."