“She’s not black. That’s what I heard. That she’s Indian.”
When the interviewer interjected saying that Harris is both, the singer wrongly claimed the vice president’s father was white: “I was told that they discovered her father was white.” The singer also said that “either way” the election swings it is “going to be mayhem.”
- Janet Jackson is in controversy
- She was recently asked about Kamala Harris
- THIS is the problematic statement
Janet's apology doesn't quite come
“Her father’s white. That’s what I was told,” Jackson said in the interview that was published on Saturday. “I mean, I haven’t watched the news in a few days,” she added.
On Sunday, Mo Elmasri, who claimed to be Jackson’s manager, told multiple outlets that the singer recognized her original statements were “based on misinformation” and she “apologizes for any confusion caused.”
Harris has long publicly identified as both Black and Indian American, and, throughout her political career, claims to the contrary have been repeatedly fact-checked as false. Her father, Donald Harris, is an economist and Stanford professor from Jamaica, while her mother Shyamala Gopalan, who died in 2009, was a biomedical scientist from India
After the latest statement by Jackson’s team, Elmasri told the 'Daily Beast' he had been fired by the musician “due to disagreements between me, her, and Randy, after her meeting with the 'Guardian' and her unbalanced statements.” 'The Washington Post' noted that Elmasri had been listed as the singer’s manager on IMDbPro—a database of entertainment industry professionals.
This whole Janet Jackson thing just goes to show you how out of touch some celebrities are. I’ve always loved her but repeating lies!? Smh. If you don’t know about a subject, then don’t speak on it… especially with your platform,” read one post on X. Comedian D.L. Hughley posted that Jackson’s interview “sounded like a #Trump rally,” and a fan account for celebrities including Jackson called her remarks “simply irresponsible.”
Presidential candidate Donald Trump previously made false claims about Harris' race at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention in July, saying that "she became a Black person."
"She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting the Indian heritage," Trump claimed at the time. "I didn't know she was Black, until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black. So I don't know, is she Indian or is she Black?"
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"But you know what, I respect either one, I respect either one, but she obviously doesn't, because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden she made a turn, and she went — she became a Black person," Trump continued.
