Tyrese Just Keeps Saying the Wrong Things.

SMH..."Jody my Jody."  Yes... I realize that Jody was only a character that singer/actor Tyrese played in a movie but maybe Tyrese should apply some of "Jody's" philosophy about life to his own life.  In the movie Baby Boy, Jody makes a very direct statement to Yvette when he tells her - 

" I tell those other girls the truth because I don't care about them.  I lie to you because I care about your feelings." 

Now of course...this statement was made in reference to him cheating on his girlfriend in the movie but, I'm pretty sure there are some Tyrese fans out there, right now that wish he would just go ahead and start lying to them, so he won't continue going around saying things to hurt someone's feelings.

In a recent interview with AllHipHop.com, Tyrese made the attempt to speak out about health and the importance of living a healthy lifestyle.  But some how that point was kind of blurred during his rant on how he felt about "fat" people.

This was the question that was asked during the interview,
 
What kind of responsibility do you feel as an entertainer, you have to inspire people to live healthier lifestyles? 

And this was Tyrese's response.

"No two situations are the same. If you are fat and nasty and you don’t like the way you look, do something about it. It’s simple.  When you take a shower and you put your fat, nasty body in the shower and by the time you get out, the mirrors are all steamed up so you don’t look at what you did to yourself. That may sound offensive or insensitive but ultimately, you are big as hell because you have earned that sh*t. You worked your a** off to eat everything in sight to get big as hell..."

Let's take a moment to digest what he just said.....okay now let's talk about it.  Really Tryese???  All I can say is whoever is doing the PR for this man is really earning that check because Tyrese just does not know how to close his mouth.  This is not the first time Tyrese has inappropriately opened up for all to hear and read.  In the past he has tweeted some pretty obnoxious thoughts as well.  Like this...







WHAT???? 

And then there's this one...




Maybe he doesn't realize he's referring to himself.  But then again it's pretty difficult to look at the man in the mirror when the mirrors are all steamed up and he can't see what he's doing to himself.  Granted...we all know that Tyrese is a VERY fit man and his image has graced the cover of several magazines and even some billboards.

But I think what's missing when Tyrese speaks is just a little bit of sensitivity.  He definitely has the sensitivity training as it relates to his music but, when he decides to speak instead of sing...the conversation seems like he may be a little too harsh and direct for most.  Which is why it was imperative for him to apologize for his "fat and nasty comments."  And apologize is exactly what he did....kind of.  He took to twitter and had this to say,

"I’m not apologizing for what I said, I’m apologizing for the bad choice of wording and execution of my point around obesity. Y’all seen my documentary, I was brought in this world from a plus size mother and my sisters are plus size as well… I am concerned always!"  He went on to tweet... "this is what happens when you decide to not just be an artist or an actor but use your heart. It creates controversy and unwanted energy."

It's going to be okay Tyrese.  But...even though his words lacked sensitivity, he does have a point.  One statement that he made in his interview with AllHipHop.com, I completely agree with.  In my opinion, he could've just said this...

"If you got a problem with the way you look, then you need to do something about it. Excuses sound best to the people that’s making them up."

 

...and closed his mouth.   Nothing else needed to be said after that and he's absolutely right.  If you don't like something about yourself...then change it.  And you can't expect change to happen without committing to that change.  Let's just hope he learns from this.  

 

My advice for Tyrese is simply this:  Keep making music; take some sensitivity training workshops so you can learn how to articulate what you feel without hurting someones feelings or sounding awkward like you did with that tweet on  thinking of your kids while you're making love- (that's just weird.)-- And then just sit there quietly looking like this....and I promise you-you can't go wrong.

 

#YEESSS!!