Tyler Carter finally responds to allegations after being kicked out of Issues
Over the past few days, we had been patiently waiting to see if Tyler Carter would respond to the allegations based on many different accusations on social media, as well as along with many others coming out telling their stories with the vocalist of Issues.
On September 1st, Issues releases a statement on all of their social media which announced they had kicked out Tyler Carter from the band based on the allegations. The tweet can be seen down below as well.
Two days later on September 3rd, Tyler Carter finally had come out to release his apology on Twitter which you can read down below as well as the tweet where it had came from.
“I want to set the record straight that over my decade as a musician I have no doubt made mistakes. I have crossed boundaries in how I’ve talked to people. I most definitely blurred lines, and had trouble with understanding influence and power dynamics. Something I was not aware existed, and shamefully did not see or recognize until later into my career when I began to understand the responsibility of fame and leadership.
I have never physically assaulted anyone in my life. But I can’t deny that I have escalated conversations and abused my power leaving people uncomfortable and I will not run and hide from it. I had my inboxes open for people to come and flirt with no thought of repercussions, and I blurred lines when engaging fans or strangers in conversation. I fucked up. I made myself accessible, and I did not discipline myself at all. For this, I’m gravely remorseful. For years I’ve been sorry. I’m not just “sorry because it caught up to me” but there is never an inviting way to put yourself out when it comes to a part of the past and a part of yourself that you’re trying to grow from and make sure never see again.
I have reached out, in the past, to people that I feel I may have hurt or effected by my antics and out of pure compassion wanted to make sure that they knew I was fully aware of what I did wrong and could only hope that they would be able to find solace and move forward in life. I am not going to use that to deflect the fact that there are people who are valid in their emotions. I will always be sorry for my poor judgement, actions, and shortcomings as an influencer, and will continue to apologize to anyone who needs to hear it no matter how often it’s addressed.
Though I never intended to be a “bad guy” nor had vicious intentions, I was blind in that putting interest in someone younger than me is never ok. Though the years in my career I’ve had to take many steps to recovery, from drugs, alcohol, and revisiting personal childhood trauma/repressed memories that let me to that point, and had to reflect on the mistakes I had made and hurt I may have brought onto others as well. I’ve been in counseling and made my constant best efforts to get go the roof of my problems and make honest strides in healing, growing, and accountability.
My obliviously manipulative, narcissistic nature led to me mentally hurting someone that was family to me, and I will be forever in shame and genuine heartbreak that I ever blurred lines between friendship, brotherhood, and mentorship, with feelings of confusion and romantic interest. I say heartbreak because the person I am today and have known of myself for several years can not fathom the stress and angst I may have caused. I have heard you. I understood you. And I’m sorry.” - Tyler Carter