Evander Holyfield Under Fire For 'Homophobic' Comments On Celebrity Big Brother

Evander Holyfield.

Four time former heavyweight champion of the world, Evander Holyfield generated a lot of heat on Twitter Sunday night when stated that homosexuality is a disability and claimed it could be 'fixed'.

He made the comments during his stay in the Celebrity Big Brother house but was later warned for his outburst, to which he replied he was merely stating his opinion. He was answering a question from “The Apprentice” runner-up Luisa Zissman about whether any boxers had come out as gay.

Holyfield responded: 'What would be good about it? That ain’t normal.' He went on to say: 'It is a choice, come on, that ain’t the way nobody is made. 'If you were born and your leg were turned this way, what do you do, you go to the doctor and get it fixed back right.'

Holyfield was later called to the diary room where he was warned, and later put up for eviction alongside Zissman after the pair failed to complete a series of challenges.