Nike Terminates Contract with Manny Pacquiao After Anti-Gay Remarks

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Top Trending topic online! Nike officially announce that Manny Pacquiao is no longer their endorser after he claimed people in same-s*x relationships are “worse than animals”. Nike announced on Wednesday that they terminate Pacquiao as endorser because they find his comments abhorrent.

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“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”, Nike release a statement on Wednesday.

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According to TMZ report, Manny personally tried to save the deal up until the last minute and his camp had been communicating with Nike.

Manny Pacquiao who is running for a seat in the Philippines senate in May’s elections as a conservative Christian, that made the remark in a video posted on local station TV5’s election site.

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