Camila Cabello Responds to Backlash After Her Backup Dancer Was Accused of Blackface
Camila Cabello addressed the concerns of netizens after one of her backup dancers was accused of having blackface during a performance of her new single "Don't Go Yet." E-News reported that the accusation stemmed out when Cabello appeared and performed on "The Tonight Show."
People from Twitter were quick to notice the dancer, identified as Dylan Pearce, who was a White man, was tanned during the performance, making the "Havana" singer trending on the platform, The Things reported.
One user attached a photo of Pierce during Cabello's performance and a photo of the dancer's actual skin color. Another user noted that a dancer practicing blackface during the performance was "unforgivable." Another user urged Cabello to delete the clip the singer posted.
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Camila Cabello Addresses Her Backup Dancer's Blackface Issue
As people online criticized the singer for the tanned backup dancer, Cabello took to Twitter to respond to the criticism that was slammed against her. "Hey! So this dude was supposed to be a White man with a terrible spray tan," said the "Never Be the Same" singer noted in her statement, contending that they expected that everyone in the performance need not be Latin. "The point wasn't to try to make everyone look Latin either," Camila Cabello noted. The "Señorita" singer further noted that they made every person on the performance look like "an over-the-top 80's character" like the White man with a "terrible orange spray tan." In her tweet, Cabello also included a post from her backup dancer, Pearce, a photo of himself wearing his tan.
"On my team, we try to create a culture of kindness, joy, and love, and you could feel that this week," the singer noted in a separate Twitter post. Cabello also acknowledged her "dream team" and her fans for their continuous support.
It was not the first time Cabello was slammed by people online over race. The Things mentioned that in 2019, the "Liar" singer was slammed over her racial remarks on her old Tumblr posts after she was accused of reblogging a post that contained an N-word. During that time, Cabello was reported to issue an apology.
Camila Cabello's New Single Tops Billboard's Favorite New Music Release
Despite the backlash Cabello sustained after his backup dancer was accused of blackface, Billboard reported the singer's new single entitled "Don't Go Yet," topped the list of favorite new music releases of the past week.
Cabello's latest song garnered 48 percent of the vote, beating the new singles released by Lil Nas X, Khalid, and Lorde. "Don't Go Yet" was the first new music since Cabello released her 2019 album, Romance, which peaked on number three on the Billboard 200.
Billboards' poll revealed that "Don't Go Yet" was followed by Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow's "Industry Baby" and Khalid's "New Normal." Apart from Cabello, Kid Laroi, Swedish House Mafia, and Leon Bridges reached the top 10 of Billboard's favorite new music releases over the past week.
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Written by: Joshua Summers
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