Zoe Laverne under fire for response to TikTok of her using racial slur YouTube: Zoe Laverne[jwplayer ksH6zuKH]TikTok star Zoe Laverne is facing backlash from fans after an older video surfaced that showed the influencer lipsyncing a racial slur \u2014 and her response to the video going viral is earning her some scrutiny, too. Zoe Laverne is a divisive name within the TikTok community, having come under fire in the past for her response to Charli D\u2019Amelio surpassing her in followers (which coined a priceless meme in the process). However, despite her tumultuous breakup with fellow influencer Cody Orlove, Laverne is coming under scrutiny for a video that resurfaced in early September, which showed her lipsyncing to Nicki Minaj\u2019s verse in the 2018 song \u2018Motorsports.\u2019 Unfortunately for Laverne, this particular verse contains a racial slur, which she can be seen lipsyncing in footage that has since gone viral online. zoe laverne skip b word say n word pic.twitter.com\/NIyH0Pd5jj \u2014 kaylee ! (@t0ychic4) September 3, 2020 Needless to say, the TikToker quickly received ample criticism for the divisive clip \u2014 but it seems that her response to the drama is catching her more flak than the original video, itself. In a statement responding to the issue, Laverne claimed that such language was common among creators during the time in which she uploaded the clip, which she claimed was in 2016 (although Motorsports itself was released in 2018). \u201cIt\u2019s a lipsync, baby,\u201d she said. \u201cIn 2016 musical.ly, everybody on musical.ly \u2014 a lot of people did it, because it wasn\u2019t like\u2026 it wasn\u2019t a big deal back then. It was just like, okay, cool.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/lorenxiaa1\/status\/1302390228439764993?s=20 Critics have since accused the TikToker of \u201cnormalizing\u201d the use of such language and are taking issue with her seemingly nonchalant attitude toward the entire fiasco. \u201cNot Zoe Laverne saying that lipsynching the n-word back in the musically days was \u2018totally fine\u2019 because \u2018everyone did it!\u2019\u201d one Twitter user quipped. not zoe laverne saying that lipsynching the n word back in the musically days was \u201ctotally fine\u201d because \u201ceveryone did it\u201d!!!! \ud83d\ude3b \u2014 amirah \u2694\ufe0f (5-2) (@vhslore) September 5, 2020 \u201cZoe Laverne really just said on live that her lipsyncing the n-word in a musical.ly in 2016 doesn\u2019t make her racist,\u201d another chimed in. \u201cCorrect me if I\u2019m wrong, but LIPSYNCING THE N WORDS SHOWS YOU HAD THE INTENTION OF SAYING IT, REGARDLESS IF IT CAME OUT YOUR MOUTH, PHYSICALLY OR NOT.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/touharvs\/status\/1301709299023065088?s=20 While this is far from the first time a TikToker has faced backlash for seemingly using a slur, Laverne marks the latest in a string of such cases across the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Zoe Laverne under fire for response to TikTok of her using racial slur YouTube: Zoe Laverne[jwplayer ksH6zuKH]TikTok star Zoe Laverne is facing backlash from fans after an older video surfaced that showed the influencer lipsyncing a racial slur \u2014 and her response to the video going viral is earning her some scrutiny, too. Zoe Laverne […]<\/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-66127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66127","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=66127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}