Ellen DeGeneres, Pharrell address Kim Burrell homophobic remarks

Ellen DeGeneres and Pharrell Williams discussed singerKim Burrell’s homophobic remarksduring Thursday’s episode ofThe Ellen DeGeneres Show.

“I actually didn’t know her, her name is Kim Burrell.

There’s no room,” Pharrell said, before adding that Burrell is a “fantastic singer.”

It only works that way."

There is no room in this world for any kind of prejudice.

My greatest hope is for inclusion and love for all humanity in 2017 and beyond."

This Universe is love and that’s the only way it will function.

And I get it, sometimes the divisive stuff works in life.

We learned that lesson last year that sometimes divisiveness works.

But you have to choose what side you’re on.

I’m choosing empathy.

I’m choosing inclusion.

I’m choosing love for everybody just trying to lift everyone.

Watch the segment below.