John Mayer issues apology over racial remarks

By By: Shekhar H Hooli

Musician John Mayer has issued an apology on his Twitter page on Wednesday for making sexual and racial remarks in a Playboy interview. The singer said that he would never make sexual and racial comments and he would to stop trying to be so raw in interviews.

John Mayer has used the slur while he was asked about his acceptance by by rappers like Jay-Z and Kanye West as one of their own. He said, "Someone asked me the other day, 'What does it feel like now to have a hood pass?,' " Mayer told Playboy. "If you really had a hood pass, you could call it a n---- pass But I said, I can't really have a hood pass. I've never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, 'We"re full. "

But on Wednesday, John Mayer, "Re: using the 'N' word in an interview, I am sorry," he Tweeted. "I should have never said the word and I will never say it again."

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