Social media influencer Lunden Stallings took a break from her honeymoon to address the backlash against her after old racist tweets of hers resurfaced.
Stallings, 26, a TikTok celebrity known for showing off his lavish lifestyle with now-wife Olivia Bennett, drew the ire of the Internet shortly after their picturesque wedding over the weekend when a post on Reddit exposed tweets from years ago. more than a decade on her. occasional use of insults.
The tweets appear to be dated between 2012 and 2014, and Stallings, a white woman, repeatedly used the n-word dozens of times in casual posts.
“There were some tweets of mine that I found out about yesterday, 10 or 12 years ago, that had resurfaced. That’s not who I am, who I was as a teenager,” Stallings said in an apology video on a TikTok story endorsed by his wife.
TikToker Lunden Stallings (left) has apologized for resurfaced tweets in which she casually used the N-word more than a decade ago. TikTok/@lundenandolivia Tweets showed Stallings using the racial slur consistently between 2012 and 2014. Reddit
“I just want to acknowledge and acknowledge that I am completely and utterly disgusted and embarrassed and honestly embarrassed by how normal it was for me to talk that way on Twitter and for my friends and I to address each other that way or for me to sing. along with rap songs,” he added.
“That’s no one’s fault but mine.”
However, Stallings’ video only generated more backlash, with many stating that it was inappropriate to address such a scandal through her TikTok story, which disappears after 24 hours.
Stalling and Bennett’s shared TikTok account, which has more than 703,000 followers, does not currently have any videos addressing the apology as of Wednesday afternoon.
Stallings, a white woman, admitted she was wrong and said she was embarrassed by her past use of the N-word. Reddit
One Reddit user rejected the apology, writing: “She was more than old enough to know better, plus there were hundreds of legitimate tweets with the N-word. And she’s deleting all the comments on her social media that ask about it. What a disgrace.”
Another TikToker with the alias “nawalor noel” summed up the issue with Stallings’ apology in his own viral video, which has been viewed more than 1.5 million times.
“If you are willing to step forward and accept your past and take responsibility for your actions, you have to take the pressure,” Noel said.
The controversy occurred after Stalling’s long-awaited wedding to his partner, Olivia Bennett. Instagram/@lunden.rose
“If you’re so willing to acknowledge all these things, you have to listen to what people have to say, especially when you have so many followers,” he added.
Stallings did not immediately respond to the Post’s request for comment.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn