Alia Shawkat apologized for using the N-word in a 2016 interview after footage of the moment resurfaced on social media.The Search Party star, 31, has been a vocal supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement in the weeks since George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis.
However, Twitter users claimed she should be held accountable for using the derogatory term as she quoted a song during a SXSW panel four years ago.
After fans called her out, Shawkat issued a lengthy apology addressing the incident.“I am deeply sorry and I take full responsibility,” she wrote on Monday, June 8. “It was a careless moment, one I’m ashamed and embarrassed by, but vow to continue to learn from.
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