Pop star Billie Eilish is apologizing for mouthing a racist slur, responding to questions raised by an old video of her that quickly went viral on TikTok. Eilish says she is “being labeled something that I am not,” after critics said her actions were insensitive at best and racist at worst.
The footage in question dates from when she was 13 or 14 years old, she said.
A version posted by a TikTok user named @lcxvy was seen more than a million times.