Italian tennis player Fabio Fognini made headlines two weeks ago when he shouted a homophobic slur over and over again during his Olympic tennis match.After the antigay outburst went viral, the 34-year-old took to Instagram to blame the heat and humidity for his vile behavior.
Because extreme temperatures, evidently, trigger homophobia.“The heat went to my head,” he said.It was a terrible excuse, and even Fognini seems to have realized it, because this week he wore a rainbow-colored sweatband and matching wristbands at the National Bank Open in an effort to show solidarity with the LGBTQ community.Scroll down for nine more absolutely absurd excuses people have used for acting like bigots…When the British former politician was outed in 2017.