Rhea Ripley apologises for homophobic slur

Rhea Ripley has been the talk of the online wrestling community, and not in a good way since last night. The former WWE NXT UK Women’s Champion found herself in a bit of hot water for using a homophobic slur during a live stream on Twitch.

As the story goes, a fan asked to be insulted by Ripley. Said fan tipped her $15 to be insult them in Australian slang. Rhea responded by calling the person a “stupid motherf*cking f*ggot.”

The stream has since been pulled and fans have been weighing in on social media.

Is she homophobic? I don’t think so, I literally just think she’s stupid. #RheaRipley

— Cheyenne R. Ubiera (@CheyenneUbiera) April 25, 2019

Regarding #RheaRipley..

..if you tell me at 22/early 20s you didn't say stupid shit you regret, you're lying.

She's owned up to it, apologised, let's move on. Hopefully she'll take this as a learning experience.

— Matty I D (@MattyID) April 25, 2019

I’m choosing to stand by #RheaRipley and her apology. If she does something else wrong, then I’ll judge her. Either way, she apologized immediately and I mean less than 24 hours. Not longer like everybody else does. My choice. Not your problem.

— Kelsey (@kelseyyblair_) April 25, 2019

While she seems to have more people backing her than not, Rhea also released a statement via Twitter, stating:

So the question to the fans is do you forgive Rhea Ripley? Is her apology enough? Is this just a stupid mistake that she as a very young woman can learn from, or does she deserve to be canceled?

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