Manny Pacquiao sorry for saying gay people are ‘worse than animals’

Boxing star and Philippine Senate candidate Manny Pacquiao apologised for denouncing people in gay relationships as “worse than animals’’ but said he stood by his opposition to same-sex marriage.

Fellow Filipino celebrities were among those criticising his remarks, made when a TV network asked candidates about their views on same-sex marriage.

“It’s just common sense,” Pacquiao said in the remarks posted online by the TV5 network. “Have you seen any animal having male-to-male or female-to-female relations?”