Zoella makes crawling apology for old tweets insulting gay men and ‘chavs’ saying ‘I’m older and wiser now’
YOUTUBE star Zoella has apologised after sparking outrage when she mocked "fat chavs" and gay men in shocking old tweets.
They were sent from the 27-year-old's account in 2010, 2011 and 2012 but most have since been deleted.
One, posted in 2010, said: "I find it funny when gay men spit…it’s like they’re trying to be a bit macho but never works…"
Another read: "'Why are these clothes so expensive' because they’re designer you tramp, that there in your hand is a dress worth over £2000. Haha".
One tweet in 2011 read: "Why did that fat chav go and stand next to him? Was she George's wing man? Urgh. #xfactor".
The vlogger also said an unnamed woman should "keep her legs shut" in a tweet from 2012.
Zoella later apologised for the tweets, saying: "I’ve seen a few of my old tweets from 7/8 years ago floating around (which I have now deleted) using words like “chav” “skank” and other words I wouldn’t use now as part of my language and lot of them were taken out of context referring to TV shows but I would never say those things now and I’m sorry if I have offended anyone, that was not my intention.
"Obviously that is not who I am today and I’d like to think I’m a little older and wiser!
"I’m not perfect and I’ve never claimed to be, I’m only human!"
Zoella, whose site reportedly earns £50,000 a month, recently came under fire for a "rip off" advent calendar costing £50.
The calendar only has 12 products inside, which are worth roughly £21.57 in total.
And in August, she was slammed by fans for posting a “jokey gif” of Bill Cosby on Twitter – before swiftly deleting it.
Zoella quickly responded writing: “Thanks for letting me know about that GIF guys, I wasn't aware of him. Maybe twitter should remove that from the "makeup" drop down...”
Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella, was crowned the most powerful beauty player in Forbes’ 2017 list of social media stars and has her own waxwork in Madame Tussauds.
She currently lives in Brighton with her boyfriend and fellow online vlogger Alfie Deyes who runs PointlessBlog.
Sun Online have contacted Zoella's agent for comment.
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