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J. Cole recently issued a sincere apology for an offense lyric he rapped about autism in a new record with Drake called “Jodeci Freestyle.”

The song sparked a serious backlash from the Anti-Bullying Alliance, members of the autism community and even actress Holly Robinson Peete, who has a 15-year-old autistic son. We caught up with Holly and she explained why she forgave him. Check out the video above.

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