VIDEO: Comedian Godfrey Apologizes For His James Avery “Gay” Comment

The Internet never forgets, and words coming back to bite you in the face have proven to be a thing these past few days with the resurfacing of old tweets and videos of some Hollywood celebrities including comedian Godfrey C. Danchimah Jr.

One such incident has happened to comedian Godfrey, who has come out to apologize to the late James Avery for the insensitive remarks aimed at the late actor. 

On Thursday, February. 20, the New England native took to Instagram to make amends with Avery’s friends, family, and fans for a viral video of his. 

In a resurfaced clip, the comedian can be seen brazenly discussing The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air icon as being “gay as hell.”

He allegedly recalled a moment during an unnamed gospel awards ceremony in Chicago where he worked as an audience coordinator and saw Avery there. 

Meanwhile, Godfrey claims the clip was taped during the Covid-19 lockdowns; also claiming that Avery was acting “very gay” and that he was caught off guard by the late thespian’s “flamboyant” behavior.

Godfrey went on to say,

“I had to do audience coordinating for the Gospel Awards when I first started comedy in Chicago.”

“Behind the scenes, James Avery was there. Mike Tyson, Farrakhan, and everybody were there.”

“I saw him; he was flamboyant,” Godfrey added. “I was like, ‘This is Uncle Phil? Uncle Phil is Aunt Phil?’…He was like, ‘Girl’… He was such a great actor. You would never know.”

However, the comedian insisted that he didn’t mean any ill will by his joke, saying, “I used the phrase,

 ‘Oh yeah, he was secretly gay as hell’… That was distasteful the way I said that, and to a man that I respect—highly respect. 

It was disrespectful to him, his family, and people who are fans of his.

 I had no intention of being that disrespectful. I was just talking loosely as a comedian, and it wasn’t cool.”