Billie Eilish apologizes for resurfaced video in which she mouths racial slur, denies mocking Asian people
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Billie Eilish is breaking her silence after being accused of mocking Asian people in a recently resurfaced video on TikTok.
On Monday, the performer posted a lengthy statement on her Instagram Story apologizing for mouthing the slur, explaining that she did not know its derogatory meaning at the time of the recording. "i love you guys, and many of you have been asking me to address this. and this is something that i WANT to address because i’m being labeled something that i am not," Eilish began her statement. "there’s a video edit going around of me when i was 13 or 14 where i mouthed a word from a song that at the time i didn’t know was a derogatory term used against members of the asian community. i am appalled and embarrassed and want to barf that i ever mouthed along to that word."More Related News