{"id":289588,"date":"2020-03-17T15:42:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T21:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1131809"},"modified":"2020-03-17T15:42:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T21:42:54","slug":"vanessa-hudgens-responds-to-backlash-over-insensitive-coronavirus-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/vanessa-hudgens-responds-to-backlash-over-insensitive-coronavirus-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Hudgens Responds to Backlash Over Insensitive Coronavirus Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here’s your reality check, Vanessa Hudgens<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

The former Disney Channel darling<\/a> is apologizing for her recent comments about the coronavirus pandemic, in which she described the growing death toll as “inevitable.” <\/p>\n

“I’m so sorry for the way I have offended anyone and everyone who has seen the clip from my Instagram live yesterday,” Hudgens wrote on Twitter<\/a>. “I realize my words were insensitive and not at all appropriate for the situation our country and the world are in right now. This has been a huge wake up call about the significance my words have, now more than ever. I’m sending safe wishes to everyone to stay safe and healthy during this crazy time.”<\/p>\n

Vanessa also posted a video on Instagram, which you can watch above, further reacting to the backlash. <\/p>\n

“I realized today that some of my comments are being taken out of context,” the 31-year-old said. “Um, It’s a crazy time. It’s a crazy, crazy time. And I am at home in lockdown and that’s what I hope you guys are doing, too. In full quarantine and staying safe and sane. I don’t take this situation lightly by any means.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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So what did the High School Musical <\/em>star say to ruffle so many of the internet’s proverbial feathers? <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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While chatting with fans on Instagram Live, Vanessa told them<\/a>, “…’Till July sounds like a bunch of bulls–t. I’m sorry, but like it’s a virus. I get it. I respect it. But at the same time, even if everybody gets it, like, yeah, people are gonna die, which is terrible but inevitable. I don’t know. Maybe I shouldn’t be doing this right now.”<\/p>\n

Vanessa also expressed her disappointment in not being able to go out for St. Patrick’s Day, saying in a separate video<\/a>, “…I wish were in a pub! But we’re not, because lockdown.”<\/p>\n

Just days ago, Vanessa announced her pledge<\/a> to Feeding America, a food bank network helping those impacted by COVID-19. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“Let’s help each other out rather than freaking the f–k out,” she wrote on Instagram at the time.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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