So, as a consequence, I want to say to you, watch me grow. I don’t do everything that I’m supposed to do, how I’m supposed to do it, but repentance means there is a change of behavior. I’m so thankful that God ain’t finished with me yet. “This week, I got a whole lot of people that want to help me be accountable, and I want to thank them for helping me to be a better person. Instead of shying away from the controversy, Bryant acknowledged the critiques of those who took him to task and thanked them for making him “better.” The minister, whose Kevin Samuels commentary opened a can of worms, was heavily scrutinized and criticized for his own past infidelities and indiscretions pertaining to women. I wanted to apologize to my noble brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, Inc.” I wanted to apologize to the larger community. He continued, “So, I wanted to take a moment and apologize to the Samuels family. Everything that I say, from this place, must be a place of truth, as it represents the gospel of God,” Bryant said. As a consequence, later information came forth that what it is that I said was incorrect. “Last week, while we were in worship, I made a reference to now deceased public critic and public intellectual about relationships, Brother Samuels. The World War Me author confessed that he had spread “incorrect” information, though he did not specifically outline what he had gotten wrong.
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I am a full-grown adult, and I take full accountability of everything that I say and everything that I do.” Everybody wants to be an adult until it’s time to apologize. And so, not in a quiet place but from the same pulpit in which I said it, I wanted to address it. In Bryant’s apology, he said, “I don’t care whether you are a pastor, a bishop, or a postman, when you are wrong, you have to own when you are wrong. The unauthorized fundraising campaign has since been removed. “How can a man say that you don’t have the level of traction of a high-powered man, when that man has to get a GoFundMe for his funeral?” Bryant remarked, drawing a huge response from churchgoers with some laughing and showing shock on their faces.Īt the time of insulting Samuels, Bryant was under the impression that the person who self-identified as Melanie King, a friend, and had created a GoFundMe to assist with funeral costs, was legitimate and authentic.Īccording to Black Enterprise, the truth emerged, revealing Melanie King to be a “scammer.” The family of Samuels, who was reportedly worth $4 million, said they had never heard of this woman. I’m telling you the truth that you don’t want to hear.” Whether you want to hear it or not, I’m going to go there with you.
Men know that there is something likely wrong with you. “If you have made it to 35 and you are unmarried, you are a leftover woman,” he said. Samuels, “The Godfather,” as he sometimes called himself, set the Internet ablaze by calling women over 35 “leftovers.” “How can a man say that you are of low value after 35?” asked Bryant, a community activist, referencing Samuels’ own words without ever speaking his name.