A Vanity Fair writer is facing backlash after mocking Blue Ivy Carter’s looks and comparing them to her father Jay-Z.
The Grio reports Vanity Fair film critic K.Austin Collins targeted Blue Ivy’s looks shortly after her picture was uploaded on Meg Thee Stallion’s Instagram page and Beyonce’s end of the year video recap. The now-deleted tweet reads: “I have a feeling the jay z face genes are about to really hit Blue Ivy and I feel so sorry for her.”
Another journalist, Violet Lucca, agreed with Collins and replied: “Or she’ll just get plastic surgery at 16 a la Kylie Jenner and we’ll all have to pretend that she always looked that way. I can’t allow myself to feel too sorry for the incredibly rich!” Lucca works for Harper’s Magazine.
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After receiving backlash for the insensitive tweet, Collins backtracked and said:
“I’m sorry about the Blue Ivy tweet — bad joke, and black girls, in particular, deserve better.”
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However, other Twitter users are still holding Collins accountable for his tweets despite the apology.
You said what you said, and you meant it. And this half assed apology is as telling as your original tweets.
— ✊🏾Vita Ayala🇵🇷🏳️🌈 (@definitelyvita) January 2, 2020
Don’t want to pile on here but your exchange with @unbuttonmyeyes seems to have given her permission to insult a young black girl who can’t control her features or who her parents are. She continues to double down on it. Maybe have a talk with your pal there.
— Nichole 🍞🍯 (@tnwhiskeywoman) January 2, 2020
the REAL moral to this story: Resist the urge to go after/make jokes about other people’s kids — regardless of who their parents are.
— Javier E. David (@TeflonGeek) January 2, 2020
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