{"id":36199,"date":"2022-06-04T08:36:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T08:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/matthew-morrison-defends-himself-after-sytycd-departure\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T08:36:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T08:36:30","slug":"matthew-morrison-defends-himself-after-sytycd-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/matthew-morrison-defends-himself-after-sytycd-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Morrison defends himself after ‘SYTYCD’ departure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matthew Morrison has offered more detail about his abrupt exit from So You Think You Can Dance<\/em>, which he joined in April. The former Glee<\/em> star had only appeared on two episodes of the reality competition when he announced over the weekend that he would no longer be a judge, because he “did not follow competition production protocols,” and he apologized to everyone involved.<\/p>\n

People<\/em> <\/em>reported Tuesday that Morrison had been fired after sending “flirty” messages that made a contestant “uncomfortable.” An individual named as someone close to the show told the magazine that Morrison had “an inappropriate relationship with a female contestant.” The source said Morrison never met with the woman outside of the set and their contact had been limited to direct messages.<\/p>\n

Morrison had a different story.<\/p>\n

“It’s really unfortunate that I have to sit here and defend myself and my family against blatantly untrue statements made anonymously, but I have nothing to hide,” he said in a video he posted. “So in the interest of transparency, I will read to you the one message that I wrote to a dancer on the show: ‘Hey, it’s Matthew. If you don’t mind, would love to get your number and talk you through some things. ‘ The end. I sent this because this dancer and I both share a mutual respect for a choreographer that I’ve known for over 20 years, and I was trying to help her get a job as a choreographer on the show. “<\/p>\n

Morrison’s wife, Renee Puente, shared his video along with a message of support for her husband since 2014.<\/p>\n

“It’s been a wild ride,” she began. “My husband has finally been given an opportunity to speak his truth about him. He has done so with such grace and integrity in a situation that is complex and incredibly complicated.”<\/p>\n

She also slammed the “gossip” around his firing calling it “poison” and said people should “stop perpetuating hate and shame. Period. NO ONE DESERVES IT.”<\/p>\n

To her husband’s supporters, she thanked them for shining “love and light in our lives through this.”<\/p>\n