One of the world’s leading sports company, the US sports equipment giant Nike dumps Manny Pacquiao after he described gay couples as “worse than animals,” which caught the social media by storms. Major news network already reported the controversial statement of the world champion which caused Nike to issue an official statement.
According to a Nike statement, the company had severed its ties with Manny Pacquiao, one of their sports equipment endorsers which will surely cost millions of dollars in revenues for the Filipino boxing icon.
Nike released the following statement:
“We find Manny Pacquiao’s comments abhorrent,”
“Nike strongly opposes discrimination of any kind and has a long history of supporting and standing up for the rights of the LGBT community… we no longer have a relationship with Manny Pacquiao.”
The 37-year-old Manny Pacquiao Manny Pacquiao, a devoted Christian, appeared in commercials for Nike’s “Fast Forward” campaign (with Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer, Cristiano Ronaldo and Liu Xiang).
Although Manny Pacquiao already apologized for his statement comparing homosexuals to animals, he remained his stands against same-s.. marriage. Manny Pacquiao is running for a seat in the Senate under the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) of VP Binay.