Doja Cat Addresses Accusations Of Racist Language In 'Completely Honest' Instagram Live

Over the weekend, Doja Cat posted a note to her Instagram page in a try to clarify videos from her past that had resurfaced on social media, including clips of her using racial slurs. "I understand my influence and impact and I'm taking this all very seriously," she wrote. "I love you all and I'm sorry for upsetting or hurting any of you. That's not my character, and I'm decided to show that to everybody moving forward. Thank you."


Nevertheless that was really only the starting. The videos, as outlets have pointed out, captured Doja Cat's participation on Tinychat, an online messaging app; a widely circulated tweet characterized her fellow video chatters as "alt-right white supremacists."


The same tweet thread also made note of a song Doja Cat made in 2015 called "Dindu Nuffin" and drew attention to its title, a term apparently used by the alt-right as a racist slur to refer to people of color who've been victims of police brutality and have asserted their innocence. These connections were also linked to past tweets of Doja Cat's where she used homophobic slurs — allegations she apologized for in 2018.


Her Instagram note addressed each of those allegations. She said having visited chat sites since childhood and acknowledged that she "shouldn't have been on some of these chat room sites, nevertheless I personally have never been involved in any racist conversations. I'm sorry to each person that I offended."


As for "Dindu Nuffin," she mentioned, "It was in no way tied to anything outdoor of my own personalized experience. It was written in response to people who often used that term to hurt me. I made a try to flip its meaning, although recognize that it was a bad choice to use the term in my music."


This note traveled widely on social media, although Doja wasn't done although. Late Monday night (May 25), she hopped on Instagram Live for a 30-minute broadcast where she aimed to, as she mentioned, "debunk everything." The complete clip was captured and reposted by fans.


"My behavior isn't something that routinely needs to be followed," she mentioned in the video, also noting that her apology note was "an edited piece" workshopped by herself and her team. "I'm not brilliant. At the end of the day, I shouldn't be doing foolish shit. Although also I need to stand up for myself as a substitute opposed to creating a video that's diplomatically and politically correct." She said how she attempted to record countless apology videos (and even played clips of those) before opting for "being on Live, telling you guys my fucking truth, and being fully honest."


That honesty included a frank exploration of perceived self-hate. "I love my skin color. I think I'm cute she mentioned. "The times that maybe there was a photo that was lightened to a certain point — that shit just happens. I am not in back of editing my photographs Her video also addressed "Dindu Nuffin," which she called "maybe the worst song in the whole world" and "lyrically lost." She also apologized again for creating it and mentioned it was "in no way" connected to police brutality.


The video goes from there on, delving into more topics on a bulleted list Doja Cat has in front of her. Watch the full thing in the fan-captured recording above.