Boxer comes clean about gay porn video: 'I am a bisexual man, I was aware during filming'
Professional boxer Yusaf Mack is coming clean today about a gay porn video that he claims he was coerced into doing...
Last week, pro boxer Yusaf Mack became a hot topic in the media after giving an interview claiming that he didn’t remember shooting a gay porn video that created a local scandal in his native town of West Philly.
The video, shot and distributed by DawgPoundUSA.com, shows the boxer in a threesome with two other men; however, until now, Mack has maintained that he’s very straight and was in fact drugged on the set of the porn video.
“My whole life, I’ve been what they call a whoremonger,” Mack, 35, told Jenice Armstrong of the Philly Daily News. “I love females. The only time I touch a man is when I’m in the ring fighting.”
“They gave me a pill and a shot of vodka. I took the pill down with the vodka,” he told Philly.com. He went on to say that he woke up on the train with money in his pocket and didn’t find out about the X-rated tape, in which he was part of a threesome with two other men, until his friend told him about it.
Mack, who’s also the father to 10 children, is coming coming clean today and admitting that he’s bisexual.
Mack released the below statement to blacksportsonline.com:
“This is an issued public apology from my heart. I want to address a few situations with the first being the false claims I made about being drugged during the Dog Pound adult film. I have never spoke negatively about the company that produced the film although the claim to have been given a drug by someone during set was a lie. I was completely aware and fully conscious during the film.
The second situation, which further explain the first, concerns my lifestyle. I did participate in the adult film because at the time I needed money but also because I am a bisexual man. Meaning I enjoy safely being intimate with whomever I choose.
Lastly I would like to address the reason I lied. My life was completely destroyed once it had been outed that I participated in a gay film. I selfishly tried to cover the truth and remain in denial, rather than accept the fact that I was leading a double life secretly.
After reflecting on the mess I had made I realized that I hurt a lot of my loved ones and the people, my famCherry.d fans, I cared about the most were left disappointed and confused. It was unfair and time to come clean. I want to say sorry to my children and my ex fiancé, I am so sorry that I was a coward and hid a huge part of my life from you all. To the ones that were once my friends and now feel disgust, I’m sorry, but this is my life. I’m not looking for sympathy or even understanding, I’ve kept this secret for a long time. It is time to move forward and this is me walking in my truth.
There are other men and women that are set up in the similar situations and I just hope I can be inspiration to be just be you. The extreme taboo and harsh criticism of living a same sex lifestyle, especially as an African American male, makes it hard to be completely honest and comfortable within yourself. But I had to remember that I am a champ & I can fight and will fight through this. I am more than my sexual orientation. To all of my supporters I thank you dearly. For all other media outlets please contact my consultant Anthony Cherry.”
Mack’s statement comes just days after DawgPoundUSA released a statement vehemently denying Mack’s claims that he was coerced or drugged, and threatened legal action against the boxer.
DawgPoundUSA.com is a reputable company which has produced high quality videos of men-of-color since 2002. At no time have we ever coerced or drugged any of our models. The claims made by Mr. Mack are false, slanderous, and vehemently denied on our part. We intend to take all legal steps necessary to protect our good name and reputation against these patently false and preposterous claims.
