Zara Larsson Reacts to Accusations of Using F Slur on TikTok

Zara Larsson, a Swedish pop singer, responded to accusations that she used a homophobic F slur to insult a TikToker and said she would leave the app.

In a recent TikTok video, Larsson responded to the allegations, telling her 1.4 million followers, “I hate that I have to do this.”

She said that the photograph was manipulated and that someone had created a replica of a phony comment that seemed to portray her uttering a gay slur.

The 25-year-old, who was preparing to celebrate her birthday at the time of the video, spoke to her fans while wearing a shawl. 

She confessed that she had received a ton of comments blaming her for penning the slur and said that the occurrence had “ruined TikTok” for her.

‘Ain’t My Fault’ singer started by saying, “Hey ya’ll. I’m getting ready to go out. It’s my birthday today. I hate that I have to do this, especially on my birthday. I’ve already talked about it twice in my story, but they disappeared.”

Larsson continued by saying that she refrained from using racial slurs. She claimed that she responded, “Yet here you are commenting,” to a person she didn’t know who commented, “You’re so irrelevant, your music sucks.”

Further, the singer added, “Sometimes I can’t hold my tongue, like I need to say something. He edited that comment saying I called him something else, which I didn’t do. Everyone who knows me knows I would never call someone a slur.”

She also wondered whether the post was still up, but the commenter had blocked her, and the singer had also done the same because she was “pissed.”

The artist said she used to enjoy TikTok but that “this has kind of ruined the experience for me,” adding that she would be taking a break from the social media site.

Zara Larsson. (Source: zaralarsson/Instagarm)

Finally, in an effort to defend herself, she assured her supporters one last time that she was not the kind of person who would refer to someone else as an “F-slur” in a comment.

Although the modified image is nowhere to be discovered, many of her followers felt it was fake and defended her right away.

“You’re so kind and sweet and your fans know that you never would write something like that,” a fan noted.

This is not the first time Zara Larsson has been brought into controversy

Back in 2019, when Larsson claimed James Charles slipped into her ex-boyfriend Brian Whittaker’s social media DMs many times, she found herself in the middle of yet another homophobia controversy.

She tweeted, “I’m cackling cause he hit up my boyfriend in the dms several times knowing damn well he’s straight.”

Larsson made the remarks during Charles’ well-known public argument with Tati Westbrook, who charged the YouTuber with influencing people’s sexual orientation.

She was accused of indicating that the “LGBTQ family is predatory” before clarifying that Charles had only made one attempt to hit up Whittaker.

Later, Larsson apologized to Charles and said, “I’m sorry for sending all of the hate that James received in his direction. I’m sorry for not thinking about the consequences.”