Terry Crews apologizes to Gabrielle Union: "It was never my intention to invalidate your experience"

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"I want you to know it was never my intention to invalidate your experience— but that is what I did," the America's Got Talent host wrote to Union in a series of tweets in response to criticism that he dismissed her complaints during a Today interview last week. "I apologize. You have been through a lot in this business, and with that I empathize with the struggle toward fairness and equality in the workplace." He added in separate tweets: "I want to apologize for the comments I made. I realize there are a lot of Black women hurt and let down by what I said and also by what I didn’t say. I hear you, I respect you and understand you. I am sorry and I am here to support you. I spoke from my own personal point of view without first taking into consideration someone else’s experience. I allowed disrespectful comments directed at me and my family to cause me to react angrily instead of responding thoughtfully. This certainly caused more harm, and it is my hope that I can amend any pain I have caused to those who were hurt by my words." Crews concluded his by writing: "You are a role model to the entire black community and In my desire to be professionally neutral as your co-worker, I should have at the very least understood you just needed my support."