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R&B diva Mary J. Blige who counts down low rappers among her close friends and who is an active gay rights advocate, has fired several staff members for uttering homophobic sentiments in her presence. According to ContactMusic.com, Mary said:

‘I have heard a couple of guys say foul things, and those guys are not around me anymore. When they say things like that, I’m looking at them like, ‘What makes you so scared? You don’t know who you are?”I don’t dislike them or anything, it just makes me wonder about them period… If you are not sure about that, then you aren’t sure about a lot of things.’

Mary will be in Atlanta tomorrow to attend Porsche Foxx‘s AT&T Holiday luncheon which can be heard on V-103 from 10 am – 2 pm.