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Ellen DeGeneres Axes Appearance By Homophobic Gospel Singer Kim Burrell

In a sermon, Burrell claimed "[if] you open your mouth and take a man’s penis in your face, you are perverted."

Ellen DeGeneres has announced gospel singer Kim Burrell, who claimed gay people are "perverted," will not be appearing on her top-rated talk show.

Burrell was slated to perform "I See a Victory" with Pharrell on the show Thursday—the song is from the new historical drama Hidden Figures—but over the weekend a sermon surfaced in which Burrell declared homosexuality "embarrassed the Kingdom of God.”

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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 06: 2015 ESSENCE Festival All-Star Gospel Tribute Honoree Kim Burrell speaks on stage at The ESSENCE 2015 Upfront: ESSENCE Preview event at the Liberty Theater on November 6, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for Essence)

“I came to tell you about sin," she says in the undated video. "That sin nature, that perverted homosexual spirit is the spirit of delusion and confusion, it has deceived many men and women and it has cast a stain on the body of Christ. You as a man, you open your mouth and take a man’s penis in your face, you are perverted. You are a woman and will shake your face in another woman’s breast, you are perverted. It has come to our church and it has embarrassed the Kingdom of God.”

In a tweet today, DeGeneres wrote “For those asking, Kim Burrell will not be appearing on my show.”

Janelle Monae, who co-stars in Hidden Figures, confirmed to TMZ that Burrell was “not performing.”

“You guys should already know where I stand but If you do not please know I unequivocally repudiate ANY AND ALL hateful comments against the LGBTQ community," the singer-actress said in a statement. "I am personally beyond exhausted by the ignorance and bigotry living in some people. At times I want to punch and I want to slap a lot of people when I read and hear the shit that comes out of their mouths!"

Monae added that "if your religion is causing you to spew out words of hate, judge, or look down on others because of who one loves then you need to change it. And fast."

Pharrell and Octavia Spencer similarly denounced Burrell's comments.

“I condemn hate speech of any kind," Pharrell wrote on social media. "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.”

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