Betty Who is apologizing.
The 33-year-old “Someone Loves You” singer issued a press release following scrutiny and backlash throughout social media.
Up to now few days, Betty has skilled intense criticism for her feedback throughout an look on the Made It Out podcast, the place she mentioned her queerness, and her relationship with a person, Zak Cassar.
The dialog took place as Betty mentioned how she’s nonetheless queer, regardless of being in a heterosexual relationship, and mentioned the dynamics of sexual fluidity.
“It shouldn’t be unlawful so that you can fall in love,” she stated.
“It’s sort of like, now we’ve come up to now, that our neighborhood is so sturdy, that now it’s like against the law to be straight.”
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She additionally cited Reneé Rapp, who’s a lesbian, suggesting that won’t all the time be the case.
“Reneé Rapp is like, ‘You’ll by no means catch me relationship a person,’” she defined. “Like, ‘Go off, queen. I like that for you!’ However I additionally maintain house for her in 10 years if she goes, ‘Oops, I met the love of my life and it’s this man, I didn’t imply to.’ It’s like, that’s OK!”
Many customers, together with queer star King Princess, accused Betty of being lesbophobic, presenting herself as a sufferer for being in a straight romance, and perpetuating the parable that lesbians want to search out the fitting man.
Betty in the end spoke out in response on her Instagram.
“In current days, I’ve taken time to take a seat with the dialog round my gender and sexuality. I recognise that the language I used poorly articulated my expertise and unintentionally bolstered concepts that have been dangerous or dismissive, notably towards the lesbian neighborhood,” Betty wrote.
“That was by no means my intention, and I’m actually sorry. Everybody’s journey is deeply private, and I shouldn’t have spoken in ways in which generalised or spoke for others.”
“I perceive there’s a lot nuance on this dialog, and in different individuals’s lived experiences, that my feedback didn’t mirror,” she went on to put in writing. “I additionally acknowledge that I’m coming from a spot of privilege, and I by no means meant to contribute to prejudice in opposition to the neighborhood,” in the end pledged she is going to “do higher.” See the whole assertion inside.
