“Nash is not a hate monger or a homophobe,” Chad Grier insisted.
All evidence, however, suggests completely otherwise.
Last week, 16-year-old Nash Grier made national headlines when a charming video of him screaming that HIV is for **** was made public.
In addition to that video, Nash has a history of posting horrible antigay sentiment to his Twitter account.
According to Chad Grier, who works as a high school football coach,
his son recorded the video in April 2013, shortly after turning 15, and was just “playing around with a new app.”
When we think of teenagers “playing around”, we think of them hanging out at the mall or driving around with friends. Not screaming horrible antigay slurs into a camera and then uploading it to the internet for millions and millions of people to see. But whatever.
Chad also said that as soon as he saw his son’s video, he told him to take it down.
“It was just a stupid, immature attempt to be funny,” Chad said. “It wasn’t funny.”
Chad didn’t comment on his son’s history of homophobic tweets.
In a statement posted to his Twitter account, the 16-year-old apologized for the video, claiming he had “talked strongly about something hurtful and serious that I knew nothing about.” He also claimed he was “young” and “in a bad place.”
Chad Grier echoed his son’s defense. “
He’s a 16-year-old kid living in L.A. trying to figure out this new world he’s in,” he said.
He also issued a warning to other teens: “Be careful before you push the ‘send’ button. You can’t take it back.”
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