Sometimes even when someone has good intentions they can still get slammed.
Justin Timberlake found himself in the middle of a social media storm after tweeting about how moved he was by a speech by Jesse Williams at the 2016 BET Awards.
The 33-year-old was forced to backpedal and apologise for his remarks after a commentator had a go at Justin’s comment that he was “#Inspired” by the heartfelt speech Grey’s Anatomy’s Jesse made on cultural appropriation and the Black Lives Matter movement.
See highlights of Jesse’s impassioned speech below. Post continues.
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Justin tried to defend himself against the comments but it didn’t stop the onslaught.
“So does this mean you’re going to stop appropriating our music and culture? And apologise to Janet too,” said columnist Ernest Owens.
The singer then found himself at the end of a wave of backlash, with many fans accusing the star of cultural appropriation.
Jesse was given the Humanitarian Award for his work for the advancement of racial issues.
Furious fans also claim Justin left Janet Jackson high and dry following THAT famous wardrobe malfunction.
Relive the shocking moment Janet had a “wardrobe malfunction” at the hands of Justin Timberlake in the clip below. Post continues
It seems the outrage was less aimed at Justin’s initial tweet, but at the response he had to Ernest’s reply.
Justin initially replied with: “Oh, you sweet soul. The more you realise that we are the same, the more we can have a conversation. Bye.”
Justin was shocked his comments were taken the wrong way.
But that just seemed to enrage the masses, and sink JT in a deluge of negative comments accusing him of completely missing the point.
“Go ahead be inspired, but you have a platform to speak up on issues that affect the cultures you’re appropriating,” one person wrote.
It’s not the first time Justin has been accused of appropriating black culture when it comes to his musical style.
Another continued: “#JustinTimberlake by saying we are all the same dismissed Jesse Williams speech entirely and proved his point at the same time well done.”
After trying to explain himself several times, Justin finally gave up and just apologised.
“I apologise to anyone that felt I was out of turn. I have nothing but LOVE FOR YOU AND ALL OF US.”
