Read the full text of Shocked’s statement on her rant at Yoshi’s below. The folk musician cancelled an interview with online radio program Radio Or Not on Thursday - meant to be her first media appearance since the Yoshi’s incident - attacking the show’s host Nicole Sandler on Twitter for “distorting the context” of her Yoshi’s rant. Shocked, who has been a born-again Christian since the 1980s, was reportedly kicked offstage on Sunday by the owner of Yoshi’s, and several venues cancelled upcoming performances by the musician in the aftermath of the controversy. When I said ‘Twitter that Michelle Shocked says “God hates f–gots,’ I was predicting the absurd way my description of, my apology for, the intolerant would no doubt be misinterpreted.” I believe intolerance comes from fear, and these folks are genuinely scared. “I said that some of His followers believe that. “I do not, nor have I ever, said or believed that God hates homosexuals (or anyone else),” Shocked said in her statement. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
