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Gay Lyft Passenger Who Hurled Racial Slurs at Black Driver Apologizes in New Video: WATCH

Andy Towle October 15, 2018 Leave a Comment

Robert Ortiz gay Lyft passenger

Robert Ortiz, the insufferable gay Lyft passenger who went viral last week after hurling racial slurs at a driver, apologized in a video posted to YouTube and in an interview with PIX11 News.

shawn pepas gay trump voterA few of the Ortiz's remarks to the driver:

“I came out of a gay club and your driver is racist against gay people.”

“I called the police to protect myself because I know my legal rights as an American citizen that voted for Trump…I'm not gonna stop talking you piece of sh*t.”

“I'm gonna make his night a living hell.”

“Tell me why I'm in a Lyft and the [N-word] f**king pulled over…The [N-word]'s recording me without my consent…F**k Black Lives Matter. Every life matters.”

In his YouTube video, Ortiz, who was fired from a job at CityMD and has been banned from Lyft for life, said the words came out because he was drunk.

Said Ortiz: “I'm not racist. I'm from New York. Sometimes we say things just to get under somebody's skin, and I think that's what I was trying to do. When I saw that I said I voted for Trump I almost vomited in my mouth. We say things just to get people upset at the moment. And a lot of things that I said weren't acceptable. They were just said out of anger.”

“Who doesn't have an argument with a cab driver,” added Ortiz. “But the words that I chose were completely wrong.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH2UmAinzYE

Ortiz also gave an interview with PIX11 News: ‘Ortiz became tearful when he spoke about losing his job, saying he has no way of providing for his family. He said he does not want any pity; he just wants to put everything in the past.'

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