Gina Rodriguez could barely keep it together on the radio show Sway in the Morning on Tuesday when addressing comments she made last year that many interpreted as anti-black.

The backlash was devastating to say the least, the 34-year-old said as she began crying.

The black community was the only community I looked to growing up. We didnt have that many Latino shows, so the black community made me feel like I was seen, she added. So to get anti-black is saying that Im anti-family.