Music icon Cher apologized Saturday after claiming she might have prevented the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year.
“Realized,You Can Piss Ppl Off,& Hurt Them By Not Knowing Everything That’s ‘NOT Appropriate’ To Say,” the 74-year-old tweeted. “I know Ppl Apologize When They’re In a Jam,BUT [swear] TO GOD,IM TRULY SORRY If I Upset AnyOne In Blk Community.I Know My [heart].”
On Friday, Cher came under fire after tweeting that she told her mother “I Know This Is Gonna Sound CRAZY,But.. I Kept Thinking …..Maybe If I’d Been There,…I Could’ve Helped.”
She has since deleted the message.
Cher later responded to the criticism. “You Don’t Know What I’ve Done,Who I Am,Or What I Believe,” she wrote. “I CAN,I HAVE,& I WILL..HELP.”
What exactly was Cher going to do lord???? pic.twitter.com/4zOssBVr1W
— Jessica Fyre (@TheJessieWoo) April 3, 2021
Yes what Cher said wasn't just silly, egotistical and ignorant it was also racist. For white people watching the Chauvin trial if your takeaway is to insert/center yourself and fantasize about being a white savior then you're racist.
— Don't Wake Taylor Up Until 2024 (@InspectorNerd) April 3, 2021
Can we argue whether Cher needed to speak on the George Floyd situation & whether her statement was very White Savior -esque. Yes. But can we suggest that her statement isn’t true? No. If anything, it highlights the very social inequality & inequities that led to Floyd’s death.
— Umohowet Taushi Yelayu (@yelayu) April 3, 2021
Thought I hallucinated Cher’s tweet. Unfortunately I did not. Love her but it’s giving very much white savior complex. I feel like she also very much disregarded how hard the witnesses who just relived their trauma at trial tried to save George
— kayla ☻hobi supremacist☻ (@bluesidehoseok) April 3, 2021