Videos of that moment recently resurfaced on social media, and Moore wanted to set the record straight.
Over the past few weeks I’ve seen something bubbling… We lived it.
Neither of us have never hid from our mistakes.
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I wanted to put it out there for us to have dialogue."
We are re-bringing this up because of the impact that it now has today."
The big fight in episode 6 actually lasted about an hour and a half and was fueled by alcohol.
Moore said that where it “turned ugly” was when Wiseley spit Cheerios at her.
“I was using the N-word towards you and you used it back at me,” she said.
“Even then I didn’t feel like it was coming from a racial/racist place.
As the argument progressed, he started mimicking a monkey.
It wasn’t heavy for me.”
But she repeated that she didn’t think Wiseley was being racist at the time.
“What we both did on both parts was tacky, distasteful, and immature,” she said.
“I just felt like it wasn’t [racist].
I knew it didn’t come from that place.”
“I totally understand I offended people,” Wiseley said.
“I cannot take it back.
It was not coming from a place of hate.
But in the years since, they said they’ve put their issues behind them and become close friends.
“How do we grow from this?
How do we take people who learn from their mistakes and teach them to fight for the cause?
Listen and show up.
As a young man, I was not able to listen.
I wasn’t able to show up for myself.
Now we look back at this situation, how do we learn?
What can we take from it?”
He continued, “I love you Nia, I am so proud of the woman you’ve become.
And we had to do this.
We had to go through what we went through to get here.
I just want to move forward.”
“That’s what you have said from the beginning,” Moore said.
“It was not easy, but we have grown.
We have done the work, and I think our lives are better for it…
I think this is good.
There’s peace in knowing you held yourself accountable and I held myself accountable…
The ultimate message is the power of forgiveness and the power of growth.”
