Tbh, what bothered me more was JO's flat out refusal to acknowledge it had happened. I believed everybody saying that she had changed and was no longer a homophobe. I was willing to buy into it - if she had said 'Okay, yeah, I had said some really problematic stuff, but that's in the past, and I apologize for it.'

Knowing that she did, in at least some corners, acknowledge and apologize, softens me somewhat towards her.

Edited to change to slightly more appropriate icon. :-D