This week pop star Janelle Monae confirmed rumors that gospel singer Kim Burrell had been cut from an appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show after her homophobic sermon went viral [click here if you missed that].
Ellen discusses the controversy with music producer Pharrell and says she doesn't understand Kim Burrell's hatred toward gays...
During the segment Ellen explains,
“I say it all the time. To me, when I say ‘be kind to one another,’ I feel that, because as someone who has received a lot of hate and prejudice and discrimination because of who I choose to love, I just don’t understand how anyone who has experienced that kind of oppression or anything like that — it only gives me more compassion, it only gives me more empathy.”Comes in at the 2:20 mark.
