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Former Jersey Shore Star Apologizes for Antigay Comments

Former Jersey Shore Star Apologizes for Antigay Comments

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Angelina Pivarnick has backtracked on her homophobic comments.

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Former Jersey Shore star Angelina Pivarnick is backpedaling on an antigay rant that brought her a good deal of criticism this week.

In a recent online debate with gay singer Adam Barta, Pivarnick had said gay couples shouldn't marry, adding, "If you want to date each other, fine. We'll see how it works. But in the end, they should really go and marry the other type." She also said she had kissed other women in bars and had offers of sex from them, which she turned down.

Now Pivarnick tells TMZ that many of her gay friends have informed her "how ignorant my comments were." She offers an apology to anyone who was offended and adds, "I'm starting to understand that no one should be denied the chance at happiness that marriage brings."

Pivarnick appeared on the first two seasons of the reality show.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.