Alix Earle has apologized for racist remarks she made on social media as an adolescent.
Earle, 23, issued an announcement by way of TikTok and her Instagram Tales on Monday, August 26, after a number of posts through which she used the N-word circulated on-line.
“A few weeks in the past, screenshots surfaced from my outdated ask.fm account displaying me utilizing a slur in the summertime of 2014,” the TikToker wrote. “I’m taking accountability and need to make it clear that I used to be 13 years outdated and didn’t perceive the deeply offensive which means behind that phrase. That’s no excuse for utilizing that phrase in any context or at any age. That completely shouldn’t be the best way I converse or what I stand for.”
She continued, “I’m deeply sorry that my phrases have harm many and have led folks to imagine that I’ve any prejudice in my coronary heart. I promise you that might not be farther from the reality. My platform has at all times targeted on positivity, leisure, and uplifting others, and can proceed to take action. I’m sincerely sorry to these I’ve offended.”
Earle said that she regrets “how I dealt with this case, permitting too many individuals to speak me out of claiming one thing for too lengthy. I wasn’t certain the way to deal with it and sadly the recommendation I used to be given, though properly meant, was mistaken.”
She stated that she had “nobody responsible however myself for not standing my floor and going with my intestine to talk out immediately.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Earle’s rep for remark.
Because of this, “my silence allowed others to fill the void with rumors that merely aren’t true,” added the influencer, who boasts greater than 7 million followers on TikTok and hosts the podcast “Sizzling Mess With Alix Earle.”
She referenced rumors that she tried to trademark her outdated posts, “which is completely ridiculous and unfaithful,” in addition to gossip “{that a} model introduced they’re not working with me, though we have now by no means been in conversations with them a couple of partnership in any capability.”
In conclusion, she wrote, “No matter what’s being stated on-line, I needed to return on right here to deal with the details and most significantly apologize.”