9-1-1 actors respond to co-star Ryan Guzman's defence of racial slurs
More stars of emergency services drama 9-1-1 have criticised co-star Ryan Guzman after he defended using the N-word and other stereotypes and slurs in conversations with friends.
Aisha Hinds, who plays Henrietta 'Hen' Wilson on the show, was asked by a fan how she felt about the video her fellow actor uploaded on Twitter.
She replied: "How I FEEL daily is a perpetual state of GRIEF.
"There's sadly no version of this indefensible discourse that doesn't exacerbate that grief. There's legions of learned behaviours that need to be named and neutered so we don’t continue to give life to them. May we know & DO BETTER."
Another co-star, Rockmond Dunbar, also addressed the situation, writing: "As a black man this should go without saying but just to make sure people in the back understand when I say this with my whole chest: I don't condone the shit. I don't like the shit.
"And I've never been one to allow the word to be used around me by any non-black person. And any alleged 'black people' that are co-signing their non-black friends to refer to them in that way need their entire asses checked. Too much history, too much pain. Past and present. Shit is utterly unacceptable."
Guzman posted an apology video in which he said that he condemned the use of the N-word and he "misspoke", while also calling on all Latin Americans to stop using it.
9-1-1 airs on Fox in the US and Sky Witness in the UK.
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