Camila Cabello ‘sorry’ and ‘ashamed’ over past racist language

Pop star Camila Cabello has apologised for using racist language in an old Tumblr post, which was discovered by fans this week.

Camila Cabello is apologising to fans after old Tumblr posts written by the former Fifth Harmony member resurfaced this week.

The posts in question include racist memes the singer shared back in 2012, several of which include the n-word and Asian racial slurs.

“When I was younger I used language that I’m deeply ashamed of and will regret forever,” Cabello, 22, said on Twitter today.

“I was uneducated and ignorant and once I became aware of the history and the weight and the true meaning behind this horrible and hurtful language, I was deeply embarrassed I ever used it.

I’m sorry from the bottom of my heart. pic.twitter.com/iZrnUawUAb

— camila (@Camila_Cabello) December 18, 2019

“I’m 22 now. I’m an adult and I’ve grown and learned and am conscious and aware of the history and the pain it carries in a way I wasn’t before.”

Twitter user @motivatefenty posted the seven-year-old screenshots to her Twitter page on Tuesday, including one of Camila confirming it was her account. The Tumblr page has since been taken down.

Shawn Mendes and girlfriend Camila Cabello, Best Collaboration Winner at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards. Picture: Manny Carabel/Getty Images/AFP

Cabello, who is famously dating pop singer Shawn Mendes, continued, “These mistakes don’t represent the person I am or (the) person I’ve ever been. I only stand and have ever stood for love and inclusivity and my heart has never, even then, had an ounce of hate or divisiveness.”

Camila Cabello performing at iHeartRadio's Z100 Jingle Ball 2019 last week. Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for iHeartMedia

The singer was previously accused of calling Fifth Harmony bandmate Normans the n-word but denied those accusations. Her fans, however, did attack the Motivation songstress online on Cabello’s behalf.

“I can’t say enough how deeply sorry and ashamed I feel, and I apologise again from the bottom of my heart,” Cabello concluded.

This story originally appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission