YouTuber Colleen Ballinger Apologizes for Racist Remarks

Colleen Ballinger is singing her broadside of the story.

The YouTuber, champion known for her awkward change ego Miranda Sings, refuted allegations of grooming and forming inappropriate relationships with underage fans successful musical vlog connected June 28. While strumming a ukulele, Ballinger likened the accusations to a "toxic gossip train" headed for "manipulation station" arsenic the remainder of the net "tie maine to the tracks and harass maine for my past."

"Some radical are saying things astir maine that conscionable aren't true," she said successful a sing-song voice. "Even though my squad has powerfully advised maine not to accidental what I'm going to say, I realized they ne'er said I couldn't sing astir what I privation to say."

Ballinger, 36, went connected to explicate however she utilized to connection her fans "to beryllium besties with everybody" earlier successful her career, but "didn't recognize that possibly determination should beryllium immoderate boundaries there."

As a result, according to the Haters Back Off star, determination were "times successful the DMs erstwhile I would overshare details of my life—which was truly weird of me—and I haven't done that successful years due to the fact that I changed my behaviour and took accountability." 

"I'm definite you're disappointed successful my s--tty small song, I cognize you wanted maine to accidental that I was 100 percent successful the wrong," she continued. "Well, I'm atrocious I'm not gonna instrumentality that way of admitting to lies and rumors that you made up for clout."

And portion Ballinger confessed to making "jokes successful mediocre taste" and "lots of dumb mistakes," she denied ever sending inappropriate messages to teenage fans with the volition of grooming them.

"I conscionable wanted to accidental that happening I've ever groomed is my 2 Persian cats," Ballinger added. "I'm not a groomer. I'm conscionable a loser who didn't recognize I shouldn't respond to fans."

Allegations implicit Ballinger's behavior previously surfaced backmost successful 2020, erstwhile chap YouTube star Adam McIntyre accused her of putting him successful uncomfortable situations betwixt the ages of 13 and 16. In a video titled "colleen ballinger, halt lying," helium specifically called retired a past livestream where Ballinger sent him lingerie.

At the time, Ballinger responded to McIntyre and acknowledged that the underwear stunt was "completely stupid," saying successful a separate apology video, "I should person ne'er sent that."

"I don't cognize what portion of my encephalon was missing astatine the clip that I thought, 'Oh, this is simply a normal, silly happening to do,'" added Ballinger. "But I americium not a monster."

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