Camila Cabello Was Accused Of Having A Dancer In Blackface In A Performance, And She Just Replied On Twitter

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Let's get to it: Camila Cabello appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform a live version of her new single, "Don't Go Yet."

However, some viewers noticed how dark the makeup on one of Camila's dancers — the man on the left — was, and began to accuse the singer of using blackface in her performance.

Camila performing surrounded by her dancers, one with a big hairdo and another with obvious dark makeup on
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For context, this is the dancer's headshot:

Subsequently, Camila herself took to Twitter to post a Notes app apology in a thread initially promoting the performance and her team as a place of "kindness, joy, and love."

Alongside a picture of the dancer backstage, Camila wrote, "So this dude was just supposed to be a white man with a terrible spray tan."

She continued, "We purposefully tried to pull together a multicultural group of performers, the expectation was not that everyone in the performance needed to be Latin. There are white people, African American people, [L]atin people, etc. and so the point wasn't to try to make everyone look Latin either. There are a lot of people in the performance who are not."

Close-up of Camila with the dancer with the spray tan/makeup
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Camila added, "The point was to try and make each person look like an over the top 80's character, just like in the video, including a white dude with a terrible orange spray tan."

Another shot of Camila with the spray tan dancer and another dancer with big hair
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However, many people were not satisfied with this apology:

Camila has previously faced backlash after resurfaced Tumblr posts showed her reblogging posts that contained the n-word and other offensive language. After the scandal, Camila said that she began to attend weekly racial healing sessions.

Camila wearing a sleeveless red outfit and a small sparkly ball handbag
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We'll keep you posted with any updates.