5 Seconds of Summer’s Michael Clifford has apologised for his previous offensive Twitter posts.
The 24-year-old singer insisted he’s a ”totally different particular person” now to the one who shared sexist and homophobic content material on the social media platform in 2012 and by no means meant to ”damage anybody” with the ”dumb ” messages, which lately resurfaced.
He tweeted: ”hello. I’m so f***ing sorry for all of the dumb s**t I did once I was youthful.
”I’m a special particular person now with a significantly better understanding of the world. Some folks have entry to a digital megaphone a bit sooner than they need to, sadly, I used to be considered one of them.
”I’m so sorry for hurting anybody. It was by no means my intention. I used to be so naive and I’m embarrassed and past sorry. I’ll proceed to be higher and I’ll proceed to alter. I by no means wish to damage anybody once more.”
Meawhile, Michael lately declared coronavirus a ”cool check” for bands to try to ”push them creatively”.
The ‘Wildflower’ hitmaker – who’s joined within the group by Calum Hood, Ashton Irwin and Luke Hemmings – admits it has been powerful in lockdown with out his band members, nevertheless it has given them a brand new problem.
He stated: ”I believe it has been a cool check for bands and artists to must do issues out of their very own dwelling. I really feel prefer it’s pushed everybody creatively, however I might be mendacity if I stated that I wasn’t wanting ahead to simply getting in a room with everybody once more and truly with the ability to play devices and simply really feel the presence of the band. It’s been fascinating to attempt to push the boundaries of the way you join with folks [when] you solely have the web. Usually we’re simply so used to bodily flying to a different nation, like, ‘Hello, we’re all right here.”’