These Victoria's Secret Models Are Getting Slammed for Using a Racial Slur in This Video
Several models from the 2017 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show are facing backlash today after they were caught on camera singing the n-word backstage during the production.
Pop Crave, a music news Twitter handle, posted a clip on Wednesday afternoon of several Angels singing along to Cardi B’s hit “Bodak Yellow.” In the video, the models in the room, the majority of whom are white, sing along to literally every word in the song—including the n-word, which Cardi B says right before the lyric, “Don’t get comfortable.”
It didn’t take long for Twitter users to find this video and call out these Victoria’s Secret Angels for saying the word. “Nah. That n-word was too loud and clear for there only to be one black girl in this room,” one user tweeted. “Welp @VictoriasSecret plz fire all of them for saying the n-word all carefree. #thanks,” wrote another. This message, from @insatiablevices on Twitter, explains exactly why the video is so problematic: “If you’re not black, don’t say the N word. Point. Blank. Period.”
Several Twitter users rhetorically asked what word the Angels were using to make their point. “Cut a what now? ?,” tweeted a user named @SadieWiggles. “Quick cutting WHOM off???? ??” replied someone else.
Check out these reactions (and more), below:
https://twitter.com/JasmynBeKnowing/status/935865649045344256
https://twitter.com/insatiablevices/status/935743451345379330
This story even caught the attention of Cardi B. She hasn’t commented on the backlash directly yet, but she did retweet a message from a user named @IMLORDMA512 that read, “All these bitches said [the n-word], too.”
We’ve reached out to Victoria’s Secret for comment and will update this post if and when the company replies.
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