Diddy apologizes for post-BET Ciroc rant on Twitter (BLOG)

(TMZ) - Diddy claims he "backslid and regressed" when he shouted racial and homophobic slurs at a clubgoer in Atlanta this weekend, and now the rap mogul is begging for forgiveness.

Diddy went to his Twitter page and issued an apology to his fans for the way he acted inside Compound nightclub Saturday night, when he threw ice at a clubgoer, threatened to fight the guy and then called him a "n***a" and a "f****t."

Diddy explained, "I'm sorry for the ignorant way I repesented [SIC] myself," adding, "I have backslid and regressed. Forgive me for my ignorance. Pray for me pls. I know better and I am better."

He added, "I have a responibility [SIC] that I promise I will live up to. And I'm more dissapointed [SIC] in myself than you know. I will humble myself and learn."

He later tweeted, "bottom line is I'm sorry to all! Pls find it in your heart to accept my apology. I will do better and be Greater And a source of positivity!"

TMZ spoke to the man on the receiving end of the slurs, Ricky Parker, who tells us he felt "humiliated and disrespected" by Diddy, and claims he will no longer support the hip hop icon. Parker tells TMZ he couldn't believe that Diddy would attack him so ferociously, simply because he was drinking Grey Goose vodka that night and NOT Ciroc vodka, which Diddy serves as a spokesperson for.

Parker says, "You won't ever hear me support him from this moment forward."