Getty Noah Cyrus apologized after she made a racially charged comment.
Noah Cyrus issued an apology after she used a racially charged phrase while defending Harry Styles on December 3. The former One Direction singer had been blasted by Candace Owens as not being “manly” after he posed in a dress for Vogue last month. Her comments were revived by Styles, who used a play on her words in his latest Instagram post.
While defending Styles against Owens on Instagram, Cyrus wrote that he wore a dress “better than any of u nappy a** heauxz,” as noted by TMZ. Miley Cyrus’ sister faced a swift backlash, prompting the singer to issue an apology after her name started to trend on Twitter with more than 13,000 mentions.
“I am mortified that I used a term without knowing the context and history, but I know now and I am horrified and truly sorry,” she wrote. “I will never use it again. Thank you for educating me. I in no way meant to offend anyone. I am so, so sorry.”
Cyrus didn’t directly apologize to Owens, who is Black. The political activist called out the singer and her sister on Twitter.
“Any one of woke liberals care to explain to me how @noahcyrus calling me a ‘nappy a** hoe’ is not racist?’ I’m all ears,” she wrote. “You guys love cancel culture. @MileyCyrus come get your sister!”
Styles Had Already Responded To Owens
While Cyrus was defending Styles, he had already responded to Owens comment the day before. He posted a picture of himself and used the caption, “Bring back manly men,” a reference to Owens’ tweet from last month.
The political activist originally said, “There is no society that can survive without strong men. The East knows this. In the west, the steady feminization of our men at the same time that Marxism is being taught to our children is not a coincidence. It is an outright attack. Bring back manly men.”
She didn’t back down from her statement even after she caught some backlash. “Since I’m trending I’d like to clarify what I meant when I said ‘bring back manly men.’ I meant: Bring back manly men,” she wrote on November 16. “Terms like ‘toxic masculinity’, were created by toxic females. Real women don’t do fake feminism. Sorry, I’m not sorry.”
Following Styles’ new post, Owens took credit for starting a “global conversation.”
“When people try to tell me I don’t have influence, and then @Harry_Styles dedicates an entire post to my tweet,” she tweeted. “I inspire global conversation.”
Owens Claimed Hollywood Is About ‘Perversity’
Owens laughed at people who claimed her comments about Styles were an “act of violence” as instead said that “Hollywood” preferred “perversity” over “diversity.”
“The Left is literally trying to claim the expression ‘Bring Back Manly Men’ is an act of violence,” she wrote on December 2, adding several laughing face emojis. “You need your head checked, buddy.”
“Women who objectify themselves by spreading their legs for the world are lauded as courageous,” Owens continued. “Men in ball gowns & little girl’s clothing are lauded as icons. Hollywood is no longer about diversity, it’s about perversity. I speak for people who do not worship perversity.”
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