Ice Spice has opened up about when Matty Healy of The 1975 made controversial comments about her on a podcast.Healy publicly apologised to Ice Spice over the comments that were widely criticised back in February after his appearance on The Adam Friedland Show.
Friedland and co-host Nick Mullen discussed the New York rapper’s heritage, debating whether she has Hawaiian, Inuit or Chinese, before impersonating the accents of those countries and regions.While Healy didn’t participate in the mocking of accents, he did laugh along with the podcast hosts.
The episode has since been taken down.Speaking in Variety about the incident now, Ice Spice, who has been a fan of The 1975 since she was a teenager, explained: “When I had heard that little podcast or whatever, I was so confused.
Because I heard ‘chubby Chinese lady’ or some shit like that, and I’m like, ‘Huh? What does that even mean?’“First of all, I’m thick.
Read more on nme.com