<p>Singer Seal is calling out critics for suggesting he attacked Oprah Winfrey over her relationship with Harvey Weinstein, insisting he was speaking out against hypocrisy in Hollywood.</p> 
<p>The Kiss From a Rose star came under fire earlier this week after <a type="internal">he took to Instagram to question Oprah&#8217;s friendship with the disgraced producer</a>, writing.</p> 
<p>&#8220;Oh I forgot, that&#8217;s right&#8230; you&#8217;d heard the rumours but you had no idea he was actually serially assaulting young stary-eyed (sic) actresses who in turn had no idea what they were getting into. My bad,&#8221; he snapped, adding a meme featuring Oprah and Harvey at events together.</p> 
<p>But now the singer insists he wasn&#8217;t trying to discredit Winfrey.</p> 
<p>&#8220;Now let&#8217;s get straight to it,&#8221; he says in a new video posted on Facebook. &#8220;Let me start by saying that I have an enormous amount of respect for everything that Oprah has achieved and contributed in her life.&#8221;</p> 
<p>&#8220;What I re-posted was not an attack on Oprah at all,&#8221; he adds. &#8220;She just happened to be the person photographed with the pig (Weinstein) in the picture. No, what I re-posted was commentary on the hypocritical and double standard nature and behaviour of Hollywood&#8230;&#8221;</p> 
<p>In his message, Seal also slams actress Stacey Dash for tweeting a link to an article about Seal&#8217;s original post and writing, &#8220;Ouch, he does make a good point though.&#8221;</p> 
<p>&#8220;And Stacey Dash, keep my name out of your mouth,&#8221; he continues. &#8220;Do not re-tweet, re-quote anything I have said in order to reinforce your self-hating agenda&#8230; Again, this was not an attack against Oprah. This was an observation of the toxic nature of Hollywood and I believe that a conscious people are a progressive people&#8230;&#8221;</p> 
<p>Oprah addressed the Weinstein sex scandal on her Facebook account late last year, writing: &#8220;I&#8217;ve been processing the accounts of Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s hideous behavior and haven&#8217;t been able to find the words to articulate the magnitude of the situation.&#8221;</p> 
<p>More than 80 women, including Mira Sorvino, Rose McGowan, Ashley Judd, and Gwyneth Paltrow, have now accused the disgraced studio boss of inappropriate behaviour, assault, rape, and misconduct.</p> 
<p>Weinstein maintains that while he may have behaved badly in the past he has never forced a woman to have sex with him.</p>
Seal: I wasn't attacking Oprah in social media post