Law & Order: SVU’ Actor BD Wong Apologizes After Racist Comment Sparks Backlash

Complex ^ | December 2, 2025 | Bernadette Giacomazzo

[nickcarraway]

'I recognize & accept the responsibility for how terrible it is,' he said.

BD Wong has issued a public apology after acknowledging that a comment he posted online was racist and harmful.

According to Newsweek, the longtime Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actor addressed the situation in a statement shared on his Threads account on Tuesday, December 2, writing that he recognized the seriousness of his remarks and accepted responsibility.

“I want to elaborate re a racist comment I posted, to clarify that I recognize & accept the responsibility for how terrible it is,” Wong wrote.

[nickcarraway]

For reference, BD Wong is gay. And has a gay son through surrogacy with his ex partner.

[kiryandil]

He probably should just end his life.

[rktman]

He was weally, weally Wong to say that. 🙄

[dfwgator]

For reference, BD Wong is gay. And has a gay son through surrogacy with his ex partner.

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Is his name “Sum Ting”?

[bert]

SVU is COMCAST political propaganda masquerading as entertainment

[iamgalt]

racist and harmful.“

Ugh these people are children

[BenLurkin]

Typical liberal. Only when do they slip up that you find out what they really think.

[Leaning Right]

From the article: In the post, Holston—a Black man—posed with an animal and invited users to comment by writing, “Name this animal…wrong answers only.” Wong replied, “It appears to be a Black man.”

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Wowzer. That was a doozy, Mr. Wong.

Straight white folds have been cancelled for much less. Exhibit A is Roseann Barr. Will gay Mr. Wong escape the cancel monster?

Almost certainly.

[PAR35]

What did he say?

[bray]

Last name is Way.

[V_TWIN]

Isn’t it brack man?

[V_TWIN]

In the post, Holston—a Black man—posed with an animal and invited users to comment by writing, “Name this animal…wrong answers only.” Wong replied, “It appears to be a Black man.”

[fella]

Roseanne was right, I’ve seen the pictures.

[PGR88]

Dave Chappell would have gotten away with it

[dfwgator]

At least Wong was woke enough to capitalize “Black”.

[dennisw]

“SVU is COMCAST political propaganda masquerading as entertainment”

These shows are slanted to their female viewership. You can blame the gals, they find white criminals and their crimes more interesting. This is why their episodes, “Ripped from the headlines”, will substitute the real life black criminal for a fictional white one.

Of course drek like SVU has some black criminals, but not very many.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Last name is Way.

My doctor's practice had a wall lined with portraits of their members in alphabetical order. On leaving the practice and encountering the portraits on the way out, one comes upon, in reverse alphabetical order "Wong", "Way". There was a Doctor Way.

[Rummyfan]

For reference, BD Wong is gay. And has a gay son through surrogacy with his ex partner.

Gee, what are the odds on that?!

But really... BD? Wong?!

[cgbg]

If Wong had insulted a white person no harm no foul.

[Rummyfan]

I think it’s kinda witty.