The starting pitcher for the Astros baseball team Jarred Cosart tweeted a gay slur referring to Justin Bieber on Monday afternoon and received immediate attention and negative feedback, leading to apologies from Cosart and the Astros team, the Associated Press reported.
Shortly after Cosart's tweet began gaining attention, the Astros released a statement in regards to the language used, a three letter slur, according to the AP.
"We do not condone the language used on Twitter today by Jarred. It is unacceptable from anyone in our organization. We've spoken to Jarred about this matter, and he is extremely remorseful. He realizes his mistake and has apologized."
Cosart was tweeting to a former teammate of his when describing Bieber as the three letter gay slur, which he later deleted from his account and apologized for, according to the AP.
Cosart tweeted he was sorry for using "a very poor choice of words," and added that his earlier posts do not reflect who he is as a person or the Astros views.
The Astros said after talking to 23-year-old Cosart about the tweet and said he is "extremely remorseful, the AP reported. Cosart is expected to gain a spot playing in Houston's rotation this season, according to the AP.
The Houston Chronicle said the Astro's general manager Jeff Luhnow also released a statement about Cosart's tweet.
"It's something we take very seriously and we definitely don't condone that type of language from our players," Luhnow said, according to the AP.