“Everyone can’t wait to be offended by something,” the “RHOBH” star commented on an Instagram post reporting the story about the No Doubt singer.
she’s “Japanese”“Everyone can’t wait to be offended by something,” the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” starIn an Allure interview released Tuesday, Stefani repeatedly insisted that she’s of Asian descent when asked about her Harajuku Lovers collection from 2004, which many have cited as an example of cultural appropriation.“I said, ‘My God, I’m Japanese and I didn’t know it,’” the “Don’t Speak” singer, 53, told the interviewer, who is Asian.
A rep for the singer at first told the publication that the journalist had misunderstood but then declined to give an on-the-record clarification. The fact that Richards, 54, weighed in on the controversy may not come as a surprise, as her co-star Garcelle Beauvais once had towhen Richards accused Beauvais, who is black, of not paying $5,000 to a charity.
The No Doubt frontwoman repeatedly insisted she was of Asian descent despite being born to Italian American and Irish American parents.“Would you have said it to one of the white women?” Beauvais, 56, asked in a 2021 episode. “I feel like it was weaponized toward me being a black woman.”It appears Stefani’s Harajuku Girls era confused her.Beauvais said she believed that the “Halloween” actress didn’t intentionally mean to suggest anything racial, but it’s often something that goes unsaid.
“There’s stereotypes that people think we don’t pay for our rent, that we don’t tip,” the former “The Real” co-host explained.Beauvais then explained that while Richards doesn’t have to deal with that, it is her reality, so Richards apologized once more, and all was well.
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