The YouTube personality, who is accused of grooming her fans, is dubbed racist after an old video resurfaced online, showing her performing Beyonce's 'Single Lady' while sporting blackface.
- Jul 6, 2023
AceShowbiz - Colleen Ballinger is facing another allegation amid grooming accusations. The YouTube personality was dubbed racist after an old video resurfaced online, showing her performing Beyonce Knowles' "Single Lady" while sporting blackface.
In the unlisted YouTube video that was made around the Internet on Wednesday, July 6, the comedian could be seen comically singing the hit track with dark makeup on her mug. Donning a black bodysuit, Colleen, who is famous for her viral character Miranda Sings, led the performance.
For the performance, she was joined by two back dancers who donned similar outfits. In the footage, which was seemingly taken sometime in 2017 or 2018, the audience could be heard cheering for her as she awkwardly sang and danced to the song. Some users claimed in the comments section that the blackface video was offered as an exclusive sneak peek to folks who bought Colleen's book, "My Diarrhe".
The offensive video came in the wake of accusations that she had inappropriate and exploitative relationships with underage fans. A few weeks ago, Colleen addressed the allegations while singing and playing ukulele in a 10-minute YouTube video titled "hi."
In the video, Colleen compared the accusations to a "toxic gossip train" headed for "manipulation station" while the rest of the internet "tie me to the tracks and harass me for my past." The 36-year-old also claimed that she sent messages to her fans earlier in her career in an attempt "to be besties with everybody."
She also admitted that there were "times in the DMs when I would overshare details of my life-which was really weird of me-and I haven't done that in years because I changed my behavior and took accountability." She noted that she has since learned "that maybe there should be some boundaries there."
Her ex-husband Joshua David Evans later doubled down on the accusations in a Twitter post. "This behavior was my reality anytime I spoke up & disagreed with her actions & rhetoric during 2009-2016," Joshua wrote on the blue bird app on Wednesday, June 28. "I was gaslit too. I was made to feel like I was always the problem. Any pain I felt was an inconvenience and was belittled."
