'I think it's really sad you felt the need to apologize,' Bri Teresi tweeted in a message to Toronto Blue Jays star Anthony Bass.
Model Bri Teresi is pictured left on November 07, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Anthony Bass is pictured right on February 22, 2023 in Dunedin, Florida. Teresi has defended an anti-LGBTQ+ post that Bass has apologized for sharing on his Instagram account.Retailer Target has also been the subject of calls for boycotts and has said it received bomb threats after introducing its 2023 line of Pride month merchandise.
Despite such inclusive marketing and branding initiatives being commonplace among corporations for years, many have become engulfed in controversy in recent months, with some experts pinning the blame on a small number of influential far-right figures orchestrating a plan to make support for LGBTQ+ communities toxic for major companies.
Bass has since deleted the video from his account, and on Tuesday he briefly addressed reporters with an apology for his actions. He did not take questions from the assembled press and did not elaborate on what motivated him to share the video in the first place. "I recognize yesterday I made a post that was hurtful to the Pride community, which includes friends of mine and close family members of mine," Bass said."I am truly sorry for that. I just spoke with my teammates and shared with them my actions yesterday. I apologized [to] them, and as of right now, I am using the Blue Jays' resources to better educate myself to make better decisions moving forward.
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