Actor Sarunas Jackson Isn’t One To Put Up With Homophobic Trolls

June 11, 2018
TREY-PAUL

A few weeks ago we saw the guys from HBO's Insecure get their workout gear on (and off) when they all hit the gym together for a GQ shoot. As you might imagine, the response was overwhelmingly thirsty on site like ours, but the buzz was short-lived when some trolls began stirring up some homophobic BS around the shoot.

While the majority of the guys chose to ignore the drama, Sarunas Jackson, who plays Dro on the show, chose another route. In an Instagram story at the end of lat week, Sarunas tore into the trolls no holds barred.

"Me and the fellas did a shoot with GQ…," he begins. "It was fun and it was a blessing. Now, if you [have] been following me—or if you know me personally—you know, I ride for my people [black people]. I ride for my culture. Now, I’m also going to hold you accountable, no matter who you are. It doesn’t even matter about culture. Period."

Then comes the strong medicine. Jackson specifically calls out all those trolls who made antigay comments.

"How homophobic can people be? You know, we’re a group of men, who had our shirts off, and we’re doing GQ’s comedy issue, and we’re being called gay, up and down, right?" he said. "Mind you, none of us are gay in that group, and even if any of us were, who cares? That’s not the issue. I’ll tell [you] what the problem is, though."

He also pointed out that using homosexuality as a negative is the worst part of the entire ordeal.

"You guys are using homosexuality as a negative. Accusing us of being [gay] why? Why? It’s a big problem in the black community. Get secure with yourself, get secure. Ironically, our show’s title is perfect for a lot of you motherf*ckers out there. On top of that, the shining the light on the colorism issue. All the light skin dudes were [called] gay automatically. Crazy."

Jackson ended his rant by thanking fans for their support and leaving a two-word message for the haters: "Do better."

"None of us our gay & you don't want to see these hands..." #SarunasJackson says some have made #homophobic remarks about the #InsecureHBO spread that men from the show did. He also points out #colorism. ***SWIPE*** (#insecure #YlanNoel #WadeAllainMarcus #NeilBrownJr #JayEllis @insecurehbo @jayellis @ronejae @wammywade @neilbrownjr)
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