Midler was criticized for tweeting, “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! They are taking away our rights over our bodies, our lives and even our name!”
“They no longer call us’ women ‘; they call us’ parturients’ or’ menstruators, and even ‘people with vaginas’!”, Says her tweet. “Don’t let them erase you! All the humans on earth owe you!”
On Tuesday, the “Hocus Pocus” star retweeted a New York Times opinion piece and wrote, “PEOPLE OF THE WORLD! My tweet about women was a response to this fascinating and well-written article on the NYT on 3 of July “.
“There was no intention of anything exclusive or transphobic in what I said; it wasn’t about that,” he concluded his tweet.
Gray was upset after appearing on Fox Nation’s “Piers Morgan Uncensored” and commented, “I’ll say this and everyone will hate me, but as a woman, just because you’re going to change your (body) parts doesn’t make you become a woman, sorry. “
On Tuesday, Gray said in a statement to Entertainment Tonight that “I have nothing but love for the LGBTQ + and transgender community and I’ve been a supporter since day one.”
“My statement about Piers Morgan was very misunderstood. I don’t hate anyone,” he said. “I respect everyone’s right to feel comfortable in their body and live their own truth.”