Earlier this week, TLC’s Chilli faced massive backlash after she said “all lives matter” during an interview with London’s Channel 4 News on Wednesday.
“I personally didn’t go into any marches, or anything like that, but for me, all lives matter, you know what I mean?” she said in the interview. “Because there is a time when different groups are targeted for different things, you know what I’m saying?”
“I just think that, just the whole … what happened, police brutality, against these young black boys, all of that kind of stuff is wrong, even if it was a Caucasian teen kid that this was happening to or whatever. It’s just not right,” she added.
On Thursday, Chilli responded to the massive backlash that her comments via a statement to celebrity gossip site The Shade Room, saying, “Of course Black Lives Matter and the killing of young black boys is heartbreaking to all of us. Everyone knows I am a black mother of a black son so there is no way I could watch what’s happening and not be affected. That video was from an interview in London asking me about issues happening in the U.S. My response was inclusive of everyone, but not meant to undervalue the Black Lives Matter movement or to suggest police brutality against blacks is acceptable.”
— TLC’s Chilli says ‘all lives matter’ during UK interview —