Sinead O’Connor says she’s sorry for attack on ‘white people’

Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has apologised for racist comments she made after she converted to Islam saying she was “unwell”.

Sinead O’Connor has apologised for saying white people are “disgusting” after she converted to Islam.

The Irishsinger, who goes by the name Shuhada Sadaqat, dropped the slur last November around the same time she converted to Islam.

She has now taken back the comments, which she branded "crazy tweets” posted during a difficult time in her life.

“As regards to remarks I made while angry and unwell, about white people … they were not true at the time and they are not true now,” she wrote on Twitter.

“I was triggered as a result of islamophobia dumped on me. I apologize for hurt caused. That was one of many crazy tweets lord knows.”

As regards to remarks I made while angry and unwell, about white people... they were not true at the time and they are not true now. I was triggered as a result of islamophobia dumped on me. I apologize for hurt caused. That was one of many crazy tweets lord knows

— Sinead O'Connor (AKA Shuhada Sadaqat) (@MagdaDavitt77) September 8, 2019

O’Connor’s ugly response followed public reaction to her conversion to Islam.

“I’m terribly sorry. What I’m about to say is something so racist I never thought my soul could ever feel it,” she wrote at the time.

“But truly I never wanna spend time with white people again (if that’s what non-muslims are called). Not for one moment, for any reason. They are disgusting.”

The mum-of-four was ordained a priest by a Catholic sect during the 1990s.

But the Nothing Compares 2 U singer, who has struggled with mental health issues, changed faiths and her name.

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Sinead O’Connor at the peak of her success.

At the time, she told fans: “This is to announce that I am proud to have become a Muslim.”

“This is the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian’s journey.

“All scripture study leads to Islam. Which makes all other scriptures redundant.

“I will be given (another) new name. It will be Shuhada.”

In 2017, she changed her name to Magda Davitt, saying in an interview that she wanted to be “free of parental curses”.

In the past, she has said in interviews that her Christian faith has helped her overcome personal turmoil.

But in 2011 she labelled the Vatican a “nest of vipers” over alleged child sex abuse.