NBA Star Grant Hill Offers Anti-Gay PSA + Ignorant Twitter Followers React!

Yesterday on Twitter, many Grant Hill followers reacted quite negatively when a 30-second public service announcement featuring the NBA star encouraging young people to stop using the word "gay" to mean "dumb or stupid" surfaced online.

Here are some of the Tweets that he received from his followers:

That @nba commercial with @realgranthill33 was #Gay

@realgranthill33 Yo Grant, for realz, that commercial was pretty gay.

@Realgranthill33 you gay for that shit

@jalenrose have you seen the commercial of that uncle tom @realgranthill33 talking about how using gay is unacceptable? #whatafag

Hey @realgranthill33, I have a question. What is worse, something being called gay or Jalen Rose calling you an Uncle Tom? #JustWondering

Fag. @realgranthill33

After showing his followers some of the comments, Grant responded:

As you can see from my retweets, the PSA was necessary.

These ignorant, hateful, vile comments honestly make my stomach turn! I hear them constantly, and when a person uses the terms, I have to remind myself that ignorance is a "learned behavior". Parents/Future parents, you can stop the cycle. We have such a LOOONG way to go.

In related news, Phoenix Suns president and chief executive officer Rick Welts just announced that he was gay in an interview with The New York Times. Welts said he chose such a public forum to announce his sexual orientation to "engender conversation" on a topic not often discussed in professional sports. He also wanted to show young people "who are struggling with their own issues" that they can have a successful career, whether it be in team sports or something else.

NBA Star Grant Hill Responds To Being Labeled An 'Uncle Tom' In ESPN's "Fab 5" Documentary

 

This past Sunday, ESPN broadcast a remarkable documentary on University of Michigan's "Fab 5" - Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson - where some members of the group, particularly Jalen Rose, spoke out about their disdain and competitiveness toward Duke University's players during that time.

Jalen was quoted as saying that they hated Duke and referred to the black players as "Uncle Toms" due to their positive images portrayed in the media.

WELP! Of course that hasn't sat too well for many Duke players (and fans) accoss the land, especially Grant Hill (who was highlighted in the film by being an all around great kid with a professional athlete as a father and a mom who went to college with Hilary Clinton). Now, Grant is responding to the Fab 5's harsh words.

Take a look under the break...