[UPDATE] Actor Laz Alonso Clarifies His Stance On Donald Sterling: I made a mistake in speaking before getting all the facts.

He continued:

Alright yall have sent me a 10 year history on this dude, i’ll read it & see wassup. Cuz based on the recording he sounded like a hurt insecure dude …

After reading some not so nice things about Sterling’s past, Laz agreed that their may be something more than just an isolated incident:

Ok just read this dudes history. Yea he clearly has deep rooted issues. That recording was a set up tho, who records convo’s?

Laz received a ton of angry tweets about his perspective, which resulted him in questioning people about their own language:

Lets take 4 example all the people calling names & being rude when I’m trying 2 hav a discussion. Do ur words right now define who u are? … Have u ever said something in an argument w ur lover & apologized afterwards? Emotions r high when ur in love. That distinction was my point ….

He ended by thanking folk for a healthy discussion.

I will say its about time people discuss real topics 4 a change! Twitter has been dumbed down by shower rods & reunion fight tweets lately … Aight everybody best twitter debate i’ve had in over a year, thought twitter was dead & moved to ig! Love yall !

Are Laz’s points valid?

#1 UPDATED // April 28th // 7:55 a.m. EST. 

After reading the story, Laz tweeted us to clarify that he was not defending Sterling. Read our exchange below.

#2 UPDATED // April 28th // 5:30 p.m. EST 

Laz has issued the following statement, from his publicist:

I made a mistake in speaking before getting all the facts about #donaldsterling. My sincere apologies. I have now listened to the full audio and do not condone racism of any kind. Lesson learned, I will get ALL the facts before responding on such matters.

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