Alix Earle apologized on Instagram for using the N-word multiple times in 2014.
August 27, 2024, published at 9:00 AM ET
Millionaire influencer Alex Earle has apologized for using the N-word after her controversial and racist posts resurfaced online.
RadarOnline.com the 23-year-old can reveal Hot mess podcast host And TikTok star admitted she had used the racial slur multiple times and expressed her regret in an Instagram post on Monday.
She wrote: “A few weeks ago, screenshots surfaced from my old ask.fm account showing me using a slur in the summer of 2014.
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The millionaire Gen Z influencer posted this message on her Instagram Story on Monday.
“I take responsibility and want to make it clear that I was thirteen years old and did not understand the deeply offensive meaning behind that word.
“That is not an excuse to use that word in any context or at any age. That is absolutely not the way I speak or what I stand for.”
Earle, who was mentioned in the Forbes 30 Under 30: Social Media List this year she also said she was “deeply sorry” that her words “hurt many” and “led people to believe that I have prejudice in my heart.”
She continued, “I promise you this couldn’t be further from the truth.
“My platform has always and will continue to focus on positivity, entertainment and uplifting others.
“I am sincerely sorry to those I have offended.”
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Earle used the N-word four times between June 28, 2014 and August 2, 2014.
Earle’s N-word scandal first started in 2022 when screenshots of her posts were shared on the social media platform Reddit.
The screenshots gained more attention earlier this month when they resurfaced on Reddit and TikTok.
She wrote in a June 25, 2014 post, “Just kidding n—-.”
Earle added in another document dated July 28, 2014: “Umm n—- you care.”
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She faced backlash ahead of her apology, with several followers flooding her Instagram to call out the influencer for her racist comments and failure to immediately rectify the situation.
One user wrote: “So you don’t care how your black followers feel?”
Another added: “You people who aren’t black can’t say it was just a mistake.”
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According to Do we know them? hosts Jessi Smiles and Lily Marston, images of the Gen Z influencer using the N-word also appeared on a subreddit dedicated to their podcast.
In the August 12 episode of Do we know them? Smiles claimed that Earle’s attorney “contacted us and said we violated their copyright.”
Smiles, 31, said: “People posted screenshots of her racist posts on our subreddit, and her lawyer said they trademarked it. We don’t moderate it, we don’t have any access to it.”
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Earle was also accused of trademarking her racist posts, although she denied those accusations.
But the embattled content creator denied Smiles and Marston’s trademark allegations in her Instagram apology this week.
Earle wrote, “Because I didn’t address this, my silence allowed others to fill the void with rumors that are simply not true.
“One rumor in particular is that I tried to trademark my old posts, which is absolutely ridiculous and untrue.”
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The millionaire influencer, who came first blew up on TikTok when she opened up about her acne issues in 2022, she also denied rumors that a brand affiliate had dropped her over the N-word scandal.
She added: “Another example is where a brand has announced that it will no longer work with me, even though we never spoke to them about partnering in any capacity.”
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Earle, 23, blew up on TikTok in 2022 and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30: Social Media list earlier this year.
Earle, who was that? made the cover star of the first digital issue of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit earlier this year, ended her Instagram post on Monday by apologizing again for using the N-word multiple times in 2014.
She wrote: “Regardless of what is said online, I wanted to come here to address the facts and most importantly, apologize.”
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“I regret how I handled this situation, which allowed too many people to talk me out of it for too long.
“I didn’t really know how to deal with it and unfortunately the advice I received, although well intentioned, was wrong.
“There is no one to blame but myself for not sticking to my guns and going with my gut to speak right away.”
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