Key takeaways:
- Ice Spice spoke out about Matty Healy’s comments mocking her ethnicity and appearance.
- Ice Spice said she was “so confused” by the comments and wants to be judged on her work, not on the comments of someone else.
- The incident has sparked a larger conversation about racism in the music industry and has highlighted the need for more respect and understanding between artists.
Rapper Ice Spice has spoken out about Matty Healy’s comments mocking her ethnicity and appearance. The lead singer of the British pop band The 1975 was a guest on “The Adam Friedland Show” podcast in February, where he could be heard laughing as the hosts referred to Ice Spice as “Inuit Spice Girl” and “this chubby Chinese lady,” and mimicked her with exaggerated Chinese and Hawaiian accents.
Healy’s fans were quick to call out the remarks as racist, and the podcast episode was subsequently removed from Apple and Spotify. In an interview with Variety published Thursday, Ice Spice said she was “so confused” by the comments.
“I was so confused,” Ice Spice said. “I’m not sure why he thought it was okay to make fun of my ethnicity and appearance. I’m not sure why he thought it was funny.”
Ice Spice went on to say that she is eager to move past the incident and focus on her music. “I don’t want to be defined by this incident,” she said. “I’m an artist, and I want to be judged on my work, not on the comments of someone else.”
Healy has yet to comment on the incident. However, Ice Spice’s fans have been vocal in their support of her, and have called for Healy to apologize.
The incident has sparked a larger conversation about racism in the music industry, and has highlighted the need for more respect and understanding between artists. Ice Spice’s fans have been vocal in their support of her, and have called for Healy to apologize.
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