{"id":1966204,"date":"2023-07-06T22:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T02:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-star-accused-of-performing-beyonce-song-in-blackface\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T22:27:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T02:27:18","slug":"youtube-star-accused-of-performing-beyonce-song-in-blackface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-star-accused-of-performing-beyonce-song-in-blackface\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube star accused of wearing blackface while performing Beyonc\u00e9 song."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyoutube-star-accused-of-performing-beyonce-song-in-blackface%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1966204&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>YouTuber Colleen Ballinger Accused of Performing in Blackface<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/youtube\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">YouTuber<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and performer Colleen Ballinger, best known by the name Miranda Sings, has been accused of performing in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/blackface\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">blackface<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in a resurfaced video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The clip was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-real-hairy-frog-found-in-cameroon\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show A Real \u2018Hairy Frog\u2019 Found In Cameroon?\">originally shared<\/a> in February 2018 on the Miranda Sings YouTube channel. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is still able to be viewed but is unlisted. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The clip shows Ballinger sporting dark-colored grease paint on her face while singing the popular Beyonc\u00e9 song \u201cSingle Ladies.\u201d Some viewers saw the clip and accused Ballinger of performing in blackface, while others insisted the makeup was tinted green and could have been left over from her performing a song from the musical \u201cWicked.\u201d Ballinger\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-star-accused-of-performing-beyonce-song-in-blackface\/\" title=\"YouTube star accused of wearing blackface while performing Beyonc\u00e9 song.\">legal representatives echoed<\/a> those claims, stating that the video was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bryan-adams-tests-positive-for-covid-with-no-symptoms-skips-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-performance\/\" title=\"Bryan Adams Tests Positive for COVID (with No Symptoms), Skips Rock &#038; Roll Hall of Fame Performance\">originally recorded<\/a> in 2009, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/digital\/news\/colleen-ballinger-beyonce-single-ladies-blackface-1235662135\/\">per Variety<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A clip of the performance went viral after user Paige Christie posted it to Twitter with the caption, \u201cI\u2019m gonna need someone to explain the black on her face\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m gonna need someone to explain the black on her face\u2026 \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nkflIZfr04\">https:\/\/t.co\/nkflIZfr04<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mGabbvzWRJ\">pic.twitter.com\/mGabbvzWRJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paigey\ud83e\udd62 (@PaigeChristieUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaigeChristieUK\/status\/1676582338719805441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Activist Calls Out Ballinger&#8217;s Actions<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Activist Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, who <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/activist-author-refuses-to-begin-interview-until-host-pronounces-her-name-correctly\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">made headlines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in May for refusing to start an interview until a British TV presenter pronounced her name correctly, commented, \u201cColleen Ballinger tells the world she\u2019s a racist with her full chest. Imagine doing a Beyonc\u00e9 song in Blackface and the audience are laughing &#038; being entertained. These White people know what they are doing. Racists be racizisming.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The video comes several weeks after Ballinger publicly responded to allegations that she had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-project-posts-ex-employees-private-messages-deletes-after-being-told-its-against-the-law\/\" title=\"Lincoln Project Posts Ex-Employee\u2019s Private Messages, Deletes After Being Told It\u2019s Against the Law\">inappropriate interactions<\/a> with teenage fans in the past. The YouTuber responded to the claims in a June 28 video with a song she posted on her channel, calling the accusations \u201clies\u201d and \u201cgossip.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m sure you\u2019re disappointed in my s***tty little song \/ I know you wanted me to say that I was 100% in the wrong \/ well I\u2019m sorry I\u2019m not gonna take that route \/ of admitting to lies and rumors that you made up for clout,\u201d Ballinger said at one point. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another lyric said, \u201cThe only thing I\u2019ve ever groomed is my two Persian cats \/ I\u2019m not a groomer, just a loser \/ who didn\u2019t understand I shouldn\u2019t respond to fans \/ and I\u2019m not a predator even a lot of you think so \/ because five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-governor-breaks-his-own-covid-rules-to-eat-fancy-french-food\/\" title=\"Ca. Governor Breaks His Own COVID Rules To Eat Fancy French Food\">years ago<\/a> I made a fart joke.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ballinger previously apologized in 2020 for a bit she did about Latina women. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt is not funny, and it is completely hurtful,\u201d she said, per Variety. \u201cI am so ashamed and embarrassed that I ever thought this was OK. I was a sheltered teenager who was stupid and ignorant and clearly extremely culturally insensitive\u2026 Racial stereotypes are not funny, they\u2019re not a joke, and they should never be joked about.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colleen Ballinger, also known as Miranda Sings, faces accusations of performing in blackface in a recently surfaced video. Originally shared on her YouTube channel in February 2018, the clip remains accessible but is unlisted. 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