People Are Dragging Demi Lovato on Social Media Over This Tweet
Demi Lovato has a rather tumultuous relationship with social media — you might recall the backlash she received when her mom made a joke about Zika, or her attempt at election humor that backfired in a major way. Things got so bad at one point, she even left the social media scene.
It now appears that she’s inadvertently gotten herself mixed up in another potential “oops” over some genetics test results she shared with her fans.
Things started out normally enough, with Lovato excitedly sharing the news that she’s not only Spanish with Native American, but also Scandinavian, Irish, and British. Okay, fine, right?
I did a DNA test and found out I'm mainly Spanish, with Native American, SCANDINAVIAN (which I had NO idea), Irish, BRITISH….
— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) February 25, 2017
Things got a little hairier, however, when she chose to separate the last race that showed up on her test results, Tweeting, “And I’m 1% African!”
And I'm 1% African!!!!
— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) February 25, 2017
— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) February 25, 2017
One fan (whose Tweets are now protected) tried to help her out, simply writing, “Delete this,” but Lovato wasn’t having it.
@elielcruz why?
— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) February 25, 2017
Prior to protecting his Tweets, we read his response, which said that taken out of context, the Tweet could come off as insensitive, and asking her to direct message him if she’d like further explanation.
Just thought it was cool and totally random. Some of y'all are mean af. Twitter sucks. 😔
— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) February 25, 2017
Now, the internet is divisively torn, with some backing the pop star and others taking offense to her words.
Y'all Demi lovato is proud to be 1% African ! I'm done 😴
— Selsabil (@Selsou_Bld) February 25, 2017
Twitter is so extra sometimes the fact that Demi Lovato tweeting she's 1% African caused this much conversation is annoying
— Kenny (@katie_the_lady4) February 25, 2017
Demi Lovato says she's 1% African, so that what it means to be 1 percenter?
— Jay DJ (@realJayDJ) February 25, 2017
Wait. So y'all mad at Demi Lovato because she got her ancestry traced and she's 1% African? We're doing this today?
— bram strokeher (@afearlessfight) February 25, 2017
i can't believe demi lovato tweeted that she's 1% African
— alicia (@aliciaaadani) February 25, 2017
Demi lovato is 1% African American I'm so proud of her for sharing her story…
— ㅤㅤㅤㅤchels (@darklightwoods) February 25, 2017
Yo y'all let Demi Lovato live her life let her be her "1% African" in peace.🙄✌🏼️
— Jon Targaryan (@shadywhipskids9) February 25, 2017
1% African trending at first I'm like omg why then I seen Demi Lovato I'm like pic.twitter.com/H3wScmuSdS
— 👉✌❤ aka Thug Mario (@JrPyburn) February 25, 2017
Demi Lovato saying that she's 1% African pic.twitter.com/sH0u45ybb0
— nicole (@paranoiathelaw) February 25, 2017
In the end, though she didn’t delete the Tweet as her fan suggested, Lovato at least apologized for any offense she might have caused, saying that she understood and respected other viewpoints.
.@elielcruz I also included the other nationalities. But I understand and respect your point of view and didn't mean to offend anyone.
— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) February 25, 2017
Oh, Demi…
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(Photo via Jesse Grant/Getty)