An influential social media user has apologized after racist tweets she posted 10 years back resurfaced.
Elle Darby was 26 years old when she wrote a series of shameful messages as a teenager. These included racial slurs, insults, and disparaging several ethnic groups.
Ms Darby is a mother-of-one and has 770,000 Instagram fans. She called foreigners “meatheads” who speak in grunts and claimed she hates Indians and Polish people on an older Twitter account. This has since been deleted.
Ms Darby uploaded family videos and lifestyle videos to YouTube. She has since apologized and stated that she is ashamed of the posts and wants to take responsibility.
In one of the resurfaced tweets, originally posted in 2011, she wrote: ‘Why do foreign people follow me? I don’t speak your grunts, meatheads.’
She also posted: ‘I really miss my laptop. I wish the effin charger in Hong Kong (HK) would speed up. Come on ch***s, you’re upsetting me.’
Ms Darby added: “This bus stinks of Indians. It’s sweaty.”
She had also said that she prefers her ‘pretty four labrador retrievers to my ugly, spiteful, mongrel cat. That b***h can go back to the RSPCA.’
Elle Darby (26 years old) had written several’shameful messages’ as a teenager. She used racial insults and insulted many ethnicities.
Ms Darby is a mother-of-one who boasts 770,000 Instagram followers. She called foreigners “meatheads” who speak in grunts and claimed she hates Indians and Polish people on an older Twitter account. This has since been deleted
Fans also said that old accounts belonging to her fiancé and fellow influencer Connor Swift contained similar racist words.
A screenshot taken online showed him saying: “Looked like an African man after work through all the dust that I collected. #StillLookedhot.’
Now, the couple has apologized and wrote just before new year.
“We’re ashamed to say that we didn’t like the things we discovered.”
“The language in some of our tweets, especially over the past decade, was shocking and devastating for us both.
“We believe that everyone has a responsibility to their own errors and that it is our responsibility to take full responsibility, even for the negative ones.
These comments don’t reflect our adult selves, nor the person we are at that time, and they do not represent what we believe in.
“We’re beyond mad at ourselves, and we are ashamed of our behavior to those who have supported us for so many years.
“We cannot but wish for your forgiveness.”
Ms Darby uploads lifestyle and family videos as well as vlogs. Now she has apologized for the past postings.
Ms Darby uploaded family videos and lifestyle videos to YouTube. She has since apologized and stated that she felt ashamed about her past posts and wants to take responsibility for them.
Some users of social media expressed their anger at the comments, and they were skeptical about the apology.
Some social media users were angry at the comments and skeptical of the apology.
One user said, “I am not certain why @elledarby says she did her own reflections and looked through her social media.” I was caught and would not have done it any other way.
Another said, “Wake up in 2022 and find Elle Darby is racist and happy new year.”
One wrote that Elle Darby’s recent scandal should serve as a reminder to all of us about how idolizing ”influencers” is ridiculous. It’s easy to assume the worst, even though you may not know their intentions.
A tweet with more than 1,300 followers posts photos of historic comments.
Mollie Ben writes that Elle Darby is portrayed online as a pair to admire as ‘goals.’ However, their views and language seem inexcusable. They have a huge following. Shame on them and the brands that work with them. #BLM
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