‘Drag Race’ UK’s Charity Kase Issues Apology For Racist Tweets

Forward of the launch of the brand new sequence of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Charity Kase has published an apology for historic racist posts on her social media. The season three hopeful (who makes use of she/her pronouns whereas in drag) stated, “I completely settle for that this doesn’t excuse my behaviour. I would like you to understand how deeply sorry I’m. I’m not that very same younger boy immediately.”

The performer’s apology got here after tweets have been unearthed by which she had used racist slurs and been cultural appropriative. She posted an announcement on Twitter on Aug. 23 which started, “In the present day some tweets surfaced from eight years in the past which encompass me utilizing disgusting and offensive language in an informal and colloquial method. I used to be 16 and uneducated on the time, unaware of cultural misappropriation and the affect of my use of language.”

The 24-year-old London-based queen continued: “I take full accountability for these unacceptable tweets, and I hope you’ll be able to perceive that they don’t symbolize me now or what I stand for immediately. Seeing them once more has left me ashamed of myself. I wish to apologise unequivocally to my followers, who’re disillusioned and offended by me, and specifically to anybody whom I’ll have prompted any type of trauma. Please forgive me. I’ve modified and grown and am dedicated to rising additional to utilizing the platform and privilege I’ve to amplify the voices of individuals of color.”

Reception to the apology was combined. Whereas some acknowledged that age doesn’t excuse racist behaviour, season one Drag Race star Crystal stated, “People should not be judged for issues they stated on the web once they have been a baby.”

It’s not the primary time a Drag Race contestant has needed to apologise for his or her previous racist behaviour. In March 2021, Drag Race Down Underneath star Scarlet Adams was called out for multiple incidences of racism, together with performing in blackface, by fellow queen Felicia Fox. In response, Adams stated she was “not pleased with her previous” and that she was “not that particular person anymore,” including “I’m sorry.”

In February 2021, Drag Race Down Underneath, Karen From Finance, was criticised for having a tattoo of a toy that’s extensively thought-about to be racist. The performer stated, “I can’t change the previous, however I can and can work on the current and do higher sooner or later, and with that, you perpetually have my phrase.”

Season 3 of Drag Race UK has already been met with criticism over its lineup. After the 12 new Drag Race queens have been unveiled earlier this month, season two finalist Tayce (who makes use of she/her in drag) said she was “taken aback” by the lack of diversity among the many line-up. Her ideas have been echoed by many fans online.