Carlos Santana apologetic for anti-transgender slur

The 76-year-old guitar God apologised today after anti-transgender remarks he made during a July New Jersey concert surfaced in a social media video post.

"When God made you and me, before we came out of the womb, you know who you are and what you are," the guitarist is heard stating in the video.

"Later on, when you grow up, and you see things and you start believing that you could be something that sounds good, but you know it ain't right, because a woman is a woman and a man is a man - that's it," he continued.

"Whatever you wanna do in the closet, that's your business, I'm OK with that," Santana added. 

Today, Santana posted to his Facebook page in an effort to make amends.

"I am sorry for my insensitive comments," he began.

"They don't reflect that I want to honour and respect all person's (sic) ideals and beliefs. I realize that what I said hurt people and that was not my intent. I sincerely apologise to the transgender community and everyone I offended," his statement concluded.