Tulisa Contostavlos has apologised for her video responding to Misha B’s ‘X Factor’ claims.
The 31-year-old singer recently issued an apology on social media after Misha claimed ‘X Factor’ producers portrayed her as an "angry black girl" on the show in 2011, but now Tulisa has "acknowledged the pain" of the contestant.
The former talent show just – who denied her comments were racially motivated – wrote on Instagram: "I sent Misha a separate message when I first posted that vid to apologise because my post was less about her & more an emotional reaction.
"I fully acknowledge the pain I caused & fully accept people should be angry about it.
"I can state again there was nothing racial in my thought process."
During the 2011 series, Tulisa – who mentored Little Mix – told Misha: "You being so feisty can come across quite mean."
She also advised Misha – who was diagnosed with PTSD after appearing on the show – to "put aside the attitude".
Misha claimed the comments came amid a calculated effort to portray her as a bully.
She recently said: "They saw an opportunity to tear down a black girl that came from a broken home and worked together to assassinate my character and to sabotage my career by orchestrating lies."
In a lengthy statement on Tuesday (23.06.20), Tulisa – who revealed she had received "death threats" and abusive messages over the incident – has now insisted her on-screen comments at the time were "a reflection" of herself as she called Misha "feisty and competitive".
However, she continued: "However, I totally understand that it made Misha feel a certain way as a young black girl hearing it from a young white girl on a huge platform, living in the oppressed society we do, full of racial slurs and undertones not knowing my thought process.
"This I can only acknowledge, apologise for and hold my hands up and say I’m truly sorry. It was something I did not understand at the time. I made a mistake and I completely take on board how that mistake has been viewed."
Tulisa claimed someone younger than her and Misha – who were 22 and 18 respectively at the time – approached her "over an accusation/judgement that Misha had expressed & later admitted", and she thought she was doing the right thing by addressing the issue.
She added: "I can only tell you once again how sorry I am for the years of hurt and pain you’ve experienced and that I was a part of that.
"I don’t want to see anyone hurting let alone be the cause of it. I can only hope you can see in my heart now and know that’s not who I am today."