Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield caused an outrage on Sunday when he said he does not think being gay is normal and compared it to a handicap that can be fixed.

He made the comments in the "UK Celebrity Big Brother" house while speaking to reality star Luisa Zissman about gay boxers after Zissman said it would be good for a gay boxer to be public about his sexuality.

Holyfield, who wasn't too pleased with the Zissman's comment, said "what would be good about that? That ain't normal."

After stating that the Bible spells our what's right and wrong, he compared being gay to having a handicap that could be fixed.

"Only thing I'm trying to tell you... You know how handicapped people are born? You can't say 'cause they were born that way you can't move that," he said. Adding, "It is a choice. Come on, that ain't the way nobody is made... You ain't gay unless you sleeping with the opposite sex."

Those comments caused people to take to Twitter to voice their complaints.

The 51-year old former boxer was later reprimanded for his remarks.

"Evander was told that his views weren’t shared by a large section of society and that expressing those views and the language he used could be seen as extremely offensive to many people," read a statement released by the show to RadarOnline.com. "He was warned to think carefully about repeating them. Evander understood and accepted this. The producers of Big Brother will continue to monitor this and will take further appropriate action should a similar matter arise again."

Times are changing, I tell you. It's beginning to look like freedom of speech isn't really free. It comes with a heavy penalty if the public perceive your words in a negative light.

What do you think about Holyfield's comment?

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foolish gayish @op
....u support gay,I could tell by your last comments.

amiskurie: foolish gayish @op
....u support gay,I could tell by your last comments.

lol....You wish!