Yahoo News Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez faces backlash for singing N-word
Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez has faced a backlash after a video of her singing the N-word went live on social media.
Taking to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday (October 15), Rodriguez shared a video of herself getting her make-up done where she could be seen singing to Lauryn Hill's verse of The Fugees' 'Ready or Not'.
The lyrics included the N-word and Rodriguez's post sparked a controversial reaction from her followers.
Earlier this year, the actress broke down in tears during a live interview after facing another backlash over racially-tinged comments she made to Net-a-Porter about the ethnic pay disparity in Hollywood.
In response to her Instagram Story shared on Tuesday, one person wrote: "Just can't get over how Gina Rodriguez has a whole video of her crying because people were accusing her of being anti black and now she's come out and said the n word..what's wrong with that girl."
Someone else wrote: "Gina Rodriguez really cried during an interview when being called out racist but then says the n word in her ig story without any hesitation."
(Note: tweets contain strong and offensive language.)
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Gina rodriguez: pic.twitter.com/vKpwLS60m0— unfriendly black hottie (@earfmuva) October 15, 2019
you're gina rodriguez. you were just accused of anti-black racism earlier this year. you cried defending yourself.
do you pic.twitter.com/qtWvvytWcF— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) October 15, 2019
gina rodriguez really cried during an interview when being called out racist but then says the n word in her ig story without any hesitation- pic.twitter.com/LQEk3OXYKr
— nat (@chasingfourtune) October 15, 2019
gina rodriguez when her pr team calls her to tell her she posted the story on her main and not her finsta pic.twitter.com/IP47jUcQIs
— cin (@thorrbruce) October 15, 2019
just can’t get over how gina rodriguez has a whole video of her crying because people were accusing her of being anti black and now she’s come out and said the n word..what’s wrong with that girlðŸ˜ðŸ˜pic.twitter.com/E1yVdXP4l3
— milly (@ncbrina) October 15, 2019
Shortly after the fallout, Rodriguez deleted the video and has now taken to her Instagram Story to make an official apology.
"Hey, what's up everybody. I just wanted to reach out and apologise," she said. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry if I offended anyone by singing along to The Fugees, to a song I love that I grew up on. I love Lauryn Hill, and I am really sorry if I offended you."
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