Amar'e Stoudemire is apologizing for his homophobic comments earlier this week, but is the former NBA All-Star being genuine?

After telling Israeli website Walla Sport that he would "shower across the street" and "make sure my change of clothes are around the corner" if he had a gay teammate, Stoudemire insists that he was merely joking.

"I want to apologize for my offensive comments against the LGBT community," Stoudemire said in a statement Wednesday, as reported by ESPN. "These remarks were taken from a larger interview where a reporter was asking me hypothetical questions, and all my answers had a comedic undertone."

He added: "The answers I gave were meant to be taken as jokes, and I am deeply sorry for offending anyone."

Really, Stat?

Then how does the 34-year-old explain this? The same reporter from Walla Sport asked him if his homophobic comments were a joke immediately after he made them earlier this week to which he responded, "I mean, there's always a truth within a joke."

Hmm ... that could make people question the legitimacy of his apology. 

The power forward/center, who is currently playing for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Premier League, was fined $50,000 during the 2012 NBA offseason, when the then-New York Knicks' star tweeted a gay slur at a fellow Twitter user.

Stat played 14 seasons in the NBA from 2002 through 2016.

People dragged Stoudemire for his original homophobic comments yesterday. John Amaechi, who came out publicly about four years after retiring from the NBA, said he wants "petulant man-children" like Stoudemire to quit talking and "stop flattering himself."

Are you buying Amar'e's apology or nah?

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