{"id":292510,"date":"2020-05-17T14:39:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T20:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1152903"},"modified":"2020-05-17T14:39:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T20:39:13","slug":"hannah-brown-breaks-her-silence-after-receiving-backlash-for-saying-the-n-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/hannah-brown-breaks-her-silence-after-receiving-backlash-for-saying-the-n-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah Brown Breaks Her Silence After Receiving Backlash for Saying the N-Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20191010\/rs_600x600-191110174228-600-hannah-brown.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"40.606223175966\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"25.203862660944\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/hannah_brown\">Hannah Brown<\/a><\/strong> is in hot water.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday evening, <em>The<\/em> <em>Bachelorette<\/em> star recorded herself singing <strong>DaBaby<\/strong>&#8216;s hit tune &#8220;Rockstar.&#8221; It seemed like business as usual for the typical content she shares on social media.<\/p>\n<p>However, things took a turn when she was mouthing the lyrics to the chart-topping song, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1152905\/hannah-brown-is-facing-backlash-after-posting-a-video-of-herself-saying-the-n-word\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">filmed herself saying the N-word<\/a>. In that Instagram Live session, which has since been erased on her account, she claimed she didn&#8217;t know she said the racial slur.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did?&#8221; she expressed in a following video when it was brought to her attention (which was captured by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bachelorteaspill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bachelor Tea Spill<\/a>). &#8220;I&#8217;m so sorry&#8230; I was singing a song, I&#8217;m so sorry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She later added, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think I said that word, but now I&#8217;m like&#8230; Oh god. I&#8217;ve never used that word. I&#8217;ve never called anybody that&#8230; You can think I&#8217;m something that I&#8217;m not, but I&#8217;m <em>not<\/em> that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following her video, many slammed the former <em>Bachelorette<\/em> lead for using the N-word.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"59\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"8\">\n<p>And after receiving backlash from Bachelor Nation stars and fans alike, Hannah is breaking her silence on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I owe you all a major apology,&#8221; the reality TV personality&#8217;s statement on Instagram Stories began. &#8220;There is no excuse and I will not justify what I said.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10\">\n<p>&#8220;I have read your messages and seen the hurt I have caused,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I own it all. I am terribly sorry and know that whether in public or private, this language is unacceptable. I promise to do better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In light of the news, some Bachelor Nation stars&nbsp;have spoken out about how problematic Hannah&#8217;s actions are.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"66\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"22\">\n<p>&#8220;How are people still gonna defend CELEBS with SOOO much access to privilege, knowledge, and education saying the N-word,&#8221; <strong>Bekah Martinez<\/strong> wrote on herInstagram Stories. &#8220;Even if it&#8217;s &#8216;just the lyrics to a song&#8217; &#8230; especially when that person had the wherewithal to skip over the F-word lyric first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She explained the N-word &#8220;holds so much historical weight that the black community is still healing from.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So no, it&#8217;s not cool to just sing it along the lyrics&#8230;,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Especially not on your platform with million of followers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt James<\/strong>, who was quarantining with Hannah and <strong>Tyler Cameron<\/strong> at one point, also seemingly responded to her video. &#8220;Let&#8217;s spread love today,&#8221; he captioned one Instagram Story.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1152903\/hannah-brown-breaks-her-silence-after-receiving-backlash-for-saying-the-n-word?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! 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