Alia Shawkat has spoken out after a video of her using the 'n-word' resurfaced. The 31-year-old actress, who is believed to be a close friend of Brad Pitt, said she is 'ashamed and embarrassed' after the clip from 2016 saw her singing the lyrics of a Drake song in which the racial slur is used.
Alia has now released a long apology after an interview with her at South by Southwest saw her use a line from Drake's 2013 hit 'We Made It' which featured Soulja Boy.
In the apology, Alia admits that she shouldn't have said it as its “never a word to be used by someone who is not black.” The actress shared a multi-slide Instagram in which she laid out her thoughts and an apology amid Black Lives Matter protests on both sides of the Atlantic.
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