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Almost as if to pre-emptively refute my "don't be a dick" comments earlier today, Spinner has posted an interview with Ja Rule where he recants the homophobic remarks he made in an earlier interview with Complex magazine:

Let's get to this straightaway: You caused quite a bit of controversy with your comments in Complex magazine, saying — and I'm paraphrasing — that homosexuality is what's wrong with America. Is it accurate to say that you suffer from some degree of homophobia?

I'm a very avid speaker for all people's rights and people having their own preference. I was taken out of context. My statement was more about where our mind state is as a people. We're focused on the wrong things — like, our country is at war right now. These things are more of a problem to me. Like another case I just read about — young ladies being raped by six white men. These are the stories that should be popping up on my TV screen. That's what I was talking about, and somehow it got spun into some other s—-.

How would you react if one of your kids told you that he or she was gay?

That's their own preference. I'm going to love them regardless. I have relatives that are homosexuals and, you know, they come over for Christmas, hang out. It's something that starts with us. That's why my album is named 'The Mirror' — because everybody has to look at themselves and take it upon themselves to educate. It's my responsibility to educate my children — not the TV. I think a visual is more influential than audio, but that goes without being said. You know, that's the world we live in and people are tight in the collar about a lot of issues. It is what it is.

Where do you stand on gay marriage?

It's really not my business. I really could care less. It's not something that bothers me.

O RLY?

Okay, so he doesn't really recant his remarks—just puts a less noxious spin on them from a PR self-preservation standpoint—but I guess us obnoxious, player-hatin' moral watchdogs can't have the world in a day.

Ja Rule Looks In The "Mirror," Comes Clean On Homophobia [Spinner]