Mark Ronson Apologizes For ‘Embarrassing’ Remarks On Sapiosexuality

After strolling again controversial remarks he made in an interview final week, Mark Ronson is sapiosexual no extra. 

The seven-time Grammy winner advised “Good Morning Britain” on Sept. 19 that he identifies as “sapiosexual,” a time period he’d realized from one of many present’s earlier friends that day. Psychology Today defines a sapiosexual particular person as one who “finds intelligence and the human thoughts to be probably the most sexually enticing function for a possible sexual relationship.”

Ronson’s interview was framed by a variety of media retailers, together with Billboard, Us Weekly and Out, as a “popping out” second, akin to somebody publicly figuring out as LGBTQ for the primary time. 

However the feedback obtained a blistering reception on social media, with many accusing the musician ― who has collaborated with the likes of Bruno Mars and Woman Gaga ― of co-opting an LGBTQ-specific narrative. (It must be famous Ronson himself didn’t use the phrases “popping out.”) 

In an interview with Rolling Stone on Wednesday, Ronson defined that he’d been misinformed in regards to the which means of sapiosexuality and that his phrases had been taken out of context. 

“It feels like I went on a TV present to be like, ‘Guys, I’ve some large information!’ And the truth that I’d go on and form of declare myself — like as a heterosexual white male — a part of any marginalized neighborhood was terrifying to me, or simply embarrassing,” he stated. 

“I don’t take into account myself a part of any marginalized neighborhood,” he continued, “and I apologize if anyone misunderstood or took offense to it.” 

The 44-year-old, who was previously married to French mannequin Joséphine de La Baume, additionally stated he’d been hopeful the controversy would blow over after viewers noticed the interview for themselves and understood his remarks have been meant, to some extent, in jest. 

“However that’s not what occurs on Twitter anymore,” he stated.

In line with a 2017 New York Times article, the time period “sapiosexuality” seems to have been coined in 1998. It gained wider utilization within the earlier a part of this decade, and in 2014, the courting app OKCupid began including it on its listing of choices for gender and sexuality.

Nonetheless, the idea has been a consistent source of controversy. Some critics have gone as far as to model the time period ableist in that it promotes the thought of selecting a companion based mostly on class and a slender definition of intelligence.