Whatever happened, however it happened...they are different people now. Feelings, emotions, relationships, drugs, fame, money and all kind of other shyt was in between Martin and Tisha's communications at that time. Decades later, things are different, there's probably much less barriers to their respective truths now and maybe they have talked/clarified things.
All the social ills that are prevalent and being put on blast in this day and age, racism, sexism..is about communication at the end of the day, and not necessarily words.