Pokimane responds to Anthony Padilla fans slamming her for past racial slur Twitch: Pokimane \/ Instagram: AnthonyPadillaTwitch star Pokimane spoke out about her use of a racial slur in a years-old broadcast after noticing fans of YouTuber Anthony Padilla calling her out in the comments section of an Instagram post. Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys is the most-followed woman on Twitch. Boasting over 9 million fans on the purple streaming platform, Anys has been broadcasting since 2013 \u2014 sharing nearly ten years of her life with her viewers. However, her meteoric rise to fame was not without its controversies; in 2019, Anys faced backlash after an old clip from a past stream resurfaced that showed her using a racial slur. it’s been many years and I don’t ever say it now because I realize it’s distasteful and looks bad, and i’ve never said it in a racist way \/ hard r either (just in a cringey way unfortunately). 2\/2 \u2014 pokimane (@pokimanelol) March 4, 2019 Pokimane commented on the situation in a tweet, saying that \u201cit was definitely not said in a racist or derogatory manner. It was a time period \/ environment where saying it was more common and used as a replacement for \u2018dude.\u2019\u201d It seems that this instance has been brought up once again years later, after YouTube star Anthony Padilla shared a photo of himself with Pokimane on Instagram, announcing that she will be the subject of one of his upcoming videos. View this post on Instagram Pokimane addresses past clip saying racial slur A slew of commenters have pointed out Pokimane\u2019s past usage of a racial slur early on in her career, criticizing Padilla for making Anys the focus of his next upload. Pokimane took notice of the comments during a recent live stream as she scrolled through the remarks in front of her audience. \u201c\u2018She\u2019s said the \u2018n word\u2019 multiple times on camera,’\u201d Anys read one comment aloud. \u201cWho, what, when, where? Yes, once, eight years ago, when I was a minor and ignorant, and I regret it and I\u2019ve apologized for it numerous times, also years ago.\u201d After saying that she has \u201cactively always tried to become a better person,\u201d she went on to compare the treatment she receives compared to names like PewDiePie and Ninja \u2014 both content creators who have said the same racial slur on stream, as well. \u201cFor example, I will see someone like PewDiePie, who said the \u2018n word,\u2019 hard r, and Ninja, who has said it multiple times at a much older age than me, with much more frequency.\u201d \u201cWhen you see these people featured in things, you don\u2019t see as many people bring that stuff up. It just makes me feel like, why go out of your way for me, though? \u2026I would be lying if I said it wasn\u2019t bothersome to see.\u201d Pokimane did note that her recent viral feud with YouTuber Jidion may have been responsible for an influx of fans who think the past clips were a \u201cnew thing that happened.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane responds to Anthony Padilla fans slamming her for past racial slur Twitch: Pokimane \/ Instagram: AnthonyPadillaTwitch star Pokimane spoke out about her use of a racial slur in a years-old broadcast after noticing fans of YouTuber Anthony Padilla calling her out in the comments section of an Instagram post. Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys is the […]<\/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-57969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57969","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=57969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}