Nicole Scherzinger Apologizes After Supporting Russell Brand’s ‘Make Jesus First Again’ Post: ‘I Come From a Place of Love’

variety.com:

Nicole Scherzinger has apologized after facing backlash on social media Thursday evening after she posted a positive comment on an Instagram an post by Russell Brand in which he flashes a red hat reading “Make Jesus First Again.”Posted in the hours ahead of the U.S.

presidential election, Brand captioned the post “God Bless America.” “Where do I get this hat?” Scherzinger wrote in a now-deleted comment, alongside a prayer hands emoji and a red heart emoji.

In a statement posted to her Instagram story on Friday evening, Scherzinger wrote, “I deeply apologize for the hurt caused by my recent engagement with some social media posts.

When I commented on these posts, I made the mistake of not realizing that they could be easily interpreted as being politically related and I apologize to anyone who understandably reached that conclusion.” The former Pussycat Doll singer continued, “Many presumptions are being drawn, which do not reflect who I am, what I stand for, or who I voted for.