Colleen Ballinger Issued an Apology for Her Past Racist Comments

May 13 2020, Updated 11:32 a.m. ET

While oversharing is how YouTubers grow their careers, dwelling their lives in entrance of the cameras can also come at a value. Colleen Ballinger created the irreverent personality Miranda Sings in 2008, and it quickly turned into a most sensible channel on the web page. Though Miranda's unapologetically offensive perspective was once well-liked again then, in recent years, it is transform transparent to fans and to Colleen that Miranda's position on-line is turning into extra out of date.

In April of 2020, a 17-year-old Irish pupil named Adam Mcintyre posted a video about Colleen, and he claimed that he had been operating the Miranda Sings Twitter account for a while. He said that he was once hired to take the account over because Colleen was once suffering to seek out ways to stay the nature relevant in 2020. 

Colleen didn't touch upon Adam's video at all till she was known as out as soon as once more for potentially problematic behavior. 

After Colleen posted a video with Todrick Hall about racism on May 8, the comments section was flooded with lovers wondering how Colleen may just film any such video when she had recorded racist content material prior to now.

Following the backlash, Colleen posted an apology video on May 12, and he or she addressed her previous videos and the drama with Adam Mcintyre. Is Colleen Ballinger racist? Read on to learn the way she addressed her fresh criticisms.

Is Colleen Ballinger racist?

After filming a video with Todrick Hall in regards to the prevalence of racism in the U.S. lately, Colleen said that she were given numerous backlash from viewers as a result of one in all her old videos. In said video, which Colleen herself deleted, she and sister Rachel Ballinger did a skit wherein they made a laugh of Latinx stereotypes.

The video was once filmed when Colleen was 19 years previous in 2006. 

In her "Addressing Everything" video, Colleen apologized for offending her lovers. 

"A video has resurfaced of my sister and I from 14 years ago. We are teenagers, and in this video, we are doing characters that are Latina. The characters are completely based on racial stereotypes and it is not funny, and it is completely hurtful," she began. 

"I am so ashamed and embarrassed that I ever thought this was okay. I was a sheltered teenager who was stupid and ignorant and clearly extremely culturally insensitive. Racial stereotypes are not funny. They are not a joke, and they should never be joked about," Colleen persevered.

Colleen then explained that she and her sister determined to delete the video a few years later when they learned how offensive it was once. She mentioned this resolution used to be not a results of the "fear of getting caught" however out of worry that anyone would be harm by way of it. 

"I have grown and learned so much from my ignorant mistakes as a teenager, and I've done everything I can to right my wrongs," she persisted.  

The Haters Back Off star mentioned she hoped she used to be an example of enlargement.

"To those of you who might say, 'well I knew better when I was that age, or 14 years ago I knew right from wrong,' I'm so glad that you did. Because that means that there's one less person making those mistakes that I made," she mentioned. "I should have known better, and I didn't, and I am extremely embarrassed by that. I'm really hopeful that I can be used as proof that people can change and grown and learn from their mistakes."

Colleen additionally addressed the Adam Mcintyre drama.

In overdue April of 2020, 17-year-old Adam Mcintyre posted a video about how he used to paintings for Colleen Ballinger with regards to her Miranda Sings persona. He claimed that he ran the Twitter web page for the character, and that Colleen approved the whole lot that he posted. When one tweet rubbed other folks the wrong approach, Adam alleged that Colleen acted as though she hadn't approved it. 

In Adam's video, he said that Colleen by no means gave him credit score or reimbursement for working the account, and that she started ignoring him once enthusiasts got indignant via one of the vital tweets he wrote. He later messaged her about how she took advantage of him, and he asked her to consider if she'd be disenchanted if this came about to her son, Flynn, when he were given older. 

Colleen stayed mum on the subject for a number of weeks, however she addressed the drama in her apology video. 

"It's gotten to the point where there are so many rumors, lies, and speculation going around that I feel the need to address it," Colleen mentioned. She then that she had evidence of what she was once going to speak about, however that she would refrain from posting it on the video because Adam is a minor. She also said that she had stayed quiet as a result of she had gained a message from Adam's mom to take action. 

"I've taken a handful of suggestions as to what I should tweet as Miranda from my fans over the years, and he's included in that. I used a couple of his tweet ideas many years ago and they did really well. He's super funny. Since then, he's asked me multiple times if he can help me out with social media again," she endured.

Colleen stated that she let Adam run her Twitter web page for one day, and that when the unfavourable responses began rolling in, she deleted all of his content material. 

She took responsibility for approving what he posted, and he or she stated that she hadn't looked at his concepts closely enough before giving him the OK. Colleen also stated that she has hired fans up to now to work for her because she likes to lend a hand their goals come to fruition. She said that was once her intention when she let Adam run her Miranda Sings Twitter for the day. 

She concluded her video via announcing that she wanted Adam neatly, and that she used to be sorry to her lovers who she could have disappointed over fresh weeks. Colleen did be aware that she's won a lot of hateful comments recently.

You can watch Colleen's apology vlog beneath. 

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