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Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice
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Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice broke into tears as she made a public apology for her homophobic slur on Twitter.
Rice, 22, broke down twice at a press conference she called in Sydney on September 8, pleading for forgiveness over what she labelled "thoughtless and careless" comments.
The swimmer had tweeted, "Suck on that f******!" following the Wallabies' Tri-Nations weekend win over the Springboks.
She deleted the post and apologised via the social networking site but also opted to offer a public apology.
"I owe it to those who I have offended to publicly say, I am sorry. It is not me to give offence to other people no matter who they are," the Courier Mail quoted her as saying.
"I am not a person who judges others or speaks in a way that hurts others. My comments were thoughtless and careless but I can assure you when I made those comments on Twitter I never intended to offend anybody. I've learned a lot in the last couple of days. I've learned I must think before I speak and this has been a very important lesson. I've also learned that some things you say can mean more to others than they do to you. I felt I've let a lot of people down. I just want people to know how sorry I am. I'm just here to gain people's trust back and show how out of character it was," she added.
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