Charlamagne Tha God Sorry After Comments About Sex With Drunk Woman

Charlamagne tha God apologized on Monday for comments he made three years ago about having sex with a woman who was “wasted” and “not coherent.”

Charlamagne, born Lenard Larry McKelvey, is the co-host of Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club.”

In June, HBO announced it will carry “The Gray Area,” an interview show on which Charlamagne, according to a press release, “will provide a safe space for ‘unsafe’ people to curate their stories and control their own narratives.”

But on Monday an HBO spokesman told me: “HBO is taking a serious look into the information that just surfaced.” That newly surfacing info is from an episode of “The Brilliant Idiots” podcast from three years ago, when Charlamagne told how, as a young man, he “got this girl real drunk,” gave her the aphrodisiac Spanish fly and had sex with her.

Asked if she was passed out, Charlamagne replied, “She wasn’t coherent, but she was up, like when you are blacked out.”

Monday, on the same podcast, Charlamagne said, “The way I communicated that story in that clip was dead-ass wrong, and I apologize.”

He stressed that the sex was consensual, as was taking the Spanish fly. “I didn’t take advantage of anyone,” he said, admitting that the way he told the story “seems sketchy now.”

HBO was quick to sever relationships with Mark Halperin and Russell Simmons when accusations of sexual misconduct surfaced. And when Louis C.K. was accused, HBO removed his content from their on-demand services.

Charlamagne, now 40, pleaded guilty in 2002 to contributing to the delinquency of a minor after a 15-year-old girl claimed he had raped her. Now 32, she wants the case reopened, but prosecutors said they can’t renege on Charlamagne’s plea deal.

A petition launched earlier this month calling for iHeartRadio — which syndicates “The Breakfast Club” to 50-plus markets nationwide — to fire Charlamagne has garnered more than 18,800 signatures.

Charlamagne’s lawyer said, “He never had sexual relations or any physical contact with the accuser and even provided DNA to prove it.”

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