Perruzza said the full email chain tells a different story, and that his statements were taken out of context. Perruzza further defended his remarks: 'I won’t apologize for it, because I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that for what was going on at the time,' he said. 'Everything was Abercrombie models and pretty boys.' 'A guy stretching had nothing to do with the Summer Olympics,' Perruzza said in a phone interview. 'I ended up just using the Olympic rings.' Perruzza sidestepped the race issue, saying that all of the photos Vartian suggested for the ad were 'awful' and claimed that JR's is now one of the most diverse bars in the city. Vartian leaked the email Wednesday, after which Perruzza responded on his personal Instagram. 'I don't know how to be about it but do you have a hot white guy?' reads the email from David Perruzza. 'That's more our clientelle.
