Los Angeles’ The Grove bans Pacquiao over gay slur

Manny Pacquiao has been banned once again from The Grove in Los Angeles, entertainment website TMZ reported Friday.

The ban comes after an interview where the boxer said humans who engage in male to male or female to female relations are worse than animals.

According to TMZ, The Grove owner Rick Caruso said: "Manny Pacquiao is no longer welcome."

"These are statements of hatred," Caruso told TMZ, "A lot of people from the gay community come to The Grove and they have a right not to feel uncomfortable."

Caruso also cited an Instagram post by the boxer on February 25, which initially quotes Leviticus 20:13, as a reason behind the ban.

Pacquiao edited the bible verse out of the caption, but not before social media users were able to take a screencap.

Pacquiao had been refused entry to the same shopping center back in 2012 for allegedly quoting the same bible verse, which suggests imposing the death penalty on homosexuals.

The ban was reversed after the management learned that Pacquiao had been misquoted. —AT/ALG, GMA News