"Grapes was skilled at connecting with his audience and understanding their desires he excelled in that aspect but we're now held to different criteria or standards, and I'm not sure if we could have extended it much further," MacLean shared. He also expressed his relief that people didn't overwhelmingly react with anger towards Cherry's comments. "They should have don't get me wrong. You can't generalize people based on their origins. We were in the wrong, and a simple apology would have resolved it; we would have moved forward positively. But people didn't react that strongly. It wasn't the worst thing ever said in the history of humanity, so he left on a high note, and people miss him. It's a rather pleasant way to bow out."
