 Parker has raised further controversy due to homophobic comments that he made in an interview with "Ebony" for which he later issued an apology.In 2014, Parker stated that he "would never play a homosexual" in a movie  and criticized the film industry's "feminization" of African American men, stating that he would "refuse to allow any piece of work to emasculate me for very specific reasons," and that he only takes roles he "can be proud of".Parker addressed his past homophobic comments in 2016 where he admitted "The fact that I said I wouldn't wear a dress, or that I'm not interested in gay roles, I can see now that was being exclusionary.