Loren Gray apologizes for using racial slurs in \u201cinsensitive\u201d TikToks YouTube: Loren Gray[jwplayer ksH6zuKH]Loren Gray is one of TikTok\u2019s most popular content creators, boasting over 47 million followers due to her unique style, lipsyncing videos, and original songs \u2014 but she has been called out over her older content, and is now issuing an apology. Loren Gray was once TikTok\u2019s most-followed account, rising to the top of the video platform for a long streak before being overtaken by Charli D\u2019Amelio in late March. While Gray still boasts a huge fanbase \u2014 in part due to her well-received original song \u201cCake\u201d from May \u2014 critics are taking issue with her older videos, discovering TikToks where she appeared to use racial slurs while lipsyncing to certain songs. Although Gray is a largely positive presence on social media, the star took to Twitter to issue an apology to her fans, explaining that she\u2019d made the offensive videos when she was around 13 years old. https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEuaxLuhxW6\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link This didn\u2019t stop her from taking accountability, though, with Gray likewise claiming that she \u201cwas old enough to know better\u201d at the time of creating the TikToks. \u201cAll I can do is hope that my actions since then have proven that I\u2019m not racist and never have been,\u201d she wrote. \u201cUneducated, yes. And that is my fault. I do not have a discriminatory bone in my body, and I am well aware of my privilege.\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve made very insensitive videos in the past, and I\u2019m very happy that the world is growing and educating people like me who were obvious to the impact words can have,\u201d she continued. \u201cI\u2019m very sorry and again, take full accountability.\u201d Thus far, the TikToker\u2019s apology post has been met with positive reactions from fans, with many happy that Gray addressed the situation and is aware of the impact of her previous posts. Gray is far from the first TikToker to make a lengthy apology post in response to accusations of racism; Addison Rae likewise issued an apology in July for similar allegations, as has newly-made TikTok star Bella Poarch. At least Gray is taking full responsibility for her actions \u2014 although, looking at past trends, this won\u2019t be the last time a TikToke will be issuing a statement for their older videos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Loren Gray apologizes for using racial slurs in \u201cinsensitive\u201d TikToks YouTube: Loren Gray[jwplayer ksH6zuKH]Loren Gray is one of TikTok\u2019s most popular content creators, boasting over 47 million followers due to her unique style, lipsyncing videos, and original songs \u2014 but she has been called out over her older content, and is now issuing an apology. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}