Christopher “Kid” Reid apologizes for his role in skit mocking Colin Kaepernick

Christopher ‘Kid’ Reid recently came under fire for dressing up at Colin Kaepernick in a Jason Whitlock sketch mocking the former quarterback, but he has since put out a statement saying that he never meant to disrespect Kaepernick.

“Let me address the elephant in the room (and no, I don’t mean Whitlock)….Look, I get it-taking a pic with Jason Whitlock is like taking a pic with Samuel L. Jackson in ‘Django’-most people might be perplexed by this act and others will get litty on you and call you a ‘coon’, ‘sellout’ or even worse. These are the pitfalls of a public life. I accept them,” Reid said in a statement on his Facebook page.

He added that he didn’t want to belittle Kaepernick or the causes that he was protesting for.

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“Let me be clear-the skit and photo were not meant to disrespect Colin’s message or political stance. Rather, we wanted to spoof the media’s treatment of him and the circus that has been created. I understand that Whitlock has been a vocal critic of Colin so the optics of the photo have got me looking crazy. But anyone who knows me knows where I stand on Colin Kaepernick-exactly where he stands. Being born and raised in NYC I grew up seeing and reading about dozens of acts of police brutality. And the same way we know the names of Tamir Rice, Philando Castile and Michael Brown today, I grew up knowing the same fate had come to Eleanor Bumpurs, Amadou Diallo, and Abner Louima. Sadly, little has changed.”

Reid then concluded by admitting that he had messed up:

“Moving forward, I recognize the danger of optics without proper explanation-people race to their own conclusions, good and bad. I also have to accept my part in this controversy-the fact that my rep was taking hits was shocking at first-but I’ve come to a healthy understanding of how some people were dismayed by what went down.”