The F-You star - who is also a panelist on reality TV show The
Voice - had appeared on stage with Rihanna in the US city of
Minneapolis, last week, when he was criticised by music journalist
Andrea Svensson.
She wrote a negative review of the show, which caused the 37
year-old to use micro-blogging site Twitter to say: "I respect your
criticism, but be fair! People enjoyed last night!
"I'm guessing you're gay? And my masculinity offended you? Well,
f*** you!"
The rapper quickly deleted the post, but thousands of followers
had already seen it.
He later issued a statement clarifying what he meant, saying: "At
the time I didn't even know what gender the person was. I was being
a little outspoken that night, a little outrageous.
"I always expect people to assume that everything I do is part of
my character and sense of humour. I assumed that whoever it was
would assume it was all in good fun. It wasn't taken so well,
apparently."
He added: "'I most certainly am not harbouring any sort of
negative feeling toward the gay community. I'm one of the most
liberal artists that I think you will ever meet, and I pride myself
on that."
