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"  The Bachelor&amp;#039;s Juan Pablo Galavis issued a statement of apology amid criticism over his recent comments about the LGBT community. When asked in an interview what he thought of a possible gay version of The Bachelor, Galavis said, &amp;quot;I respect [gay people] but, honestly, I don&amp;#039;t think it&amp;#039;s a good example for kids... Obviously people have their husband and wife and kids and that is how we are brought up. Now there is fathers having kids and all that, and it is hard for me to understand that too in the sense of a household having peoples\u2026 Two parents sleeping in the same bed and the kid going into bed\u2026 It is confusing in a sense.&amp;quot; Galavis continued to put his foot in his mouth. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s this thing about gay people... it seems to me, and I don&amp;#039;t know if I&amp;#039;m mistaken or not... but they&amp;#039;re more &amp;#039;pervert&amp;#039; in a sense. And to me the show would be too strong... too hard to watch.&amp;quot; After his remarks went viral, Juan Pablo released a statement on his official Facebook account to clarify his comment. &amp;quot;I want to apologize to all the people I may have offended because of my comments on having a Gay or Bisexual Bachelor, he wrote. &amp;quot;The comment was taken out of context. If you listen to the entire interview, there&amp;#039;s nothing but respect for Gay people and their families. I have many gay friends and one of my closest friends who&amp;#039;s like a brother has been a constant in my life especially during the past 5 months.&amp;quot;  He then addressed the &amp;quot;pervert&amp;quot; part of his remarks: &amp;quot;The word pervert was not what I meant to say and I am very sorry about it. Everyone knows English is my second language and my vocabulary is not as broad as it is in Spanish and, because of this, sometimes I use the wrong words to express myself. &amp;quot;What I meant to say was that gay people are more affectionate and intense and for a segment of the TV audience this would be too racy to accept.&amp;quot; Juan Pablo concluded, &amp;quot;The show is very racy as it is and I don&amp;#039;t let my 5 year old daughter watch it. Once again, I&amp;#039;m sorry for how my words were taken. I would never disrespect anyone.&amp;quot;  ABC, which broadcasts The Bachelor, released their own official statement to denounce Galavis&amp;#039;s remarks. &amp;quot;Juan Pablo&amp;#039;s comments were careless, thoughtless and insensitive, and in no way reflect the views of the network, the show&amp;#039;s producers or studio.&amp;quot;     poll by twiigs.com    Follow @redbookmag on Twitter for the latest news and scoops. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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