Jojo Siwa is talking out.
On Friday, June 26, web end users criticized the 17-year-old Nickelodeon star for that includes a youthful dancer in the audio movie for “Nonstop” who seems to be donning brown facial make-up and monkey ears. In the circus-themed visual, which was unveiled on June 19, Jojo performs together with a quantity of dancers dressed in various animal costumes.
The responses on the YouTube video clip ended up turned off following some compared the dancer’s make-up to blackface. Some others also claimed they were being blocked by Jojo for scrutinizing the music movie.
“When is @itsjojosiwa likely to deal with the little girl in blackface in her most up-to-date new music online video?” a person user tweeted. A different included, “…it is really safe to say white privilege and ignorance is what she chooses to use her system in direction of tens of millions of children for.”
Jojo shared a lengthy statement in response, which examine in aspect, “I would like to tackle the music video clip that we shot for ‘NONSTOP’ in February. We’re speaking about little ones dressing up as circus animals! No one particular in my movie is putting on blackface. It is really awful that anyone’s mind would even go there. Young children dressing in animal costumes, having their faces painted to look like animals, performing the element.”
