“I truly apologize for my careless comments—they are indefensible and go against everything I stand for,” he wrote in his Dec. 8 TikTok post to Selena, who is also part Mexican. “As Latinos, we should always support one another. There’s no excuse. I was wrong, and I deeply admire your career and your kind heart.”
“Emilia Pérez deserves to be celebrated, not diminished by my thoughtless remarks,” he continued. “I’m walking away from this with an important lesson learned. While I understand if you cannot accept my apology, please know it comes from the heart.”
After all, Selena has always embraced her identity.
“I’m always very vocal about my background, as far as me talking about immigration, and my grandparents having to come across the border illegally,” she said in a 2020 interview with Dazed. “I wouldn’t have been born (otherwise).”
