Taylor Swift receives apology after Billboard uses clip from video that depicted wax figure of her naked
“We’re deeply sorry to Taylor Swift and all of our readers and viewers that in a video celebrating Swift’s achievements, we incorporated a clip that falsely depicted her,” the journal wrote on social media early Thanksgiving morning. “We now enjoy eliminated the clip from our video and sincerely remorse the damage we precipitated with this error.”
A community expose on X about Billboard’s apology acknowledged, “The clip acknowledged by Billboard as being ‘falsely depicting’ used to be a video clip from Ye’s ‘Illustrious’ song video. Portraying a unadorned Taylor Swift wax resolve game, among other considerable person males and females folk, the song video used to be revenge porn. Here’s illegal in most U.S. states.”
Billboard on Thursday apologized over a video compilation of Taylor Swift that falsely depicted her. (Kate Green/Getty Shots)
In his controversial and explicit 2016 song video “Illustrious,” West no longer handiest depicted himself in bed with Swift, his now-ex-spouse Kim Kardashian, now-President-elect Trump, Anna Wintour, Rihanna and others, he also claimed credit for Swift’s reputation.
“I made that b—- wisely-known,” he raps in the tune, also announcing, “I actually feel esteem me and Taylor might per chance additionally mute enjoy sex.”
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Billboard had incorporated its video montage, which used to be speculated to expose Swift’s occupation highlights, on its Instagram page after naming her the second-most intelligent pop star of the Twenty first century. (Emma McIntyre/TAS24/Getty Shots for TAS Rights Administration)
The 2 musicians enjoy had a fraught relationship for the final 15 years, since West interrupted the “Shake it Off” singer’s 2009 MTV Video Tune Awards acceptance speech to imply that Beyoncé deserved the award greater than her.
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The 2 musicians enjoy had a fraught relationship for the final 15 years, since West interrupted the “Shake it Off” singer’s 2009 MTV Video Tune Awards acceptance speech to imply that Beyoncé deserved the award greater than her. (Christopher Polk/Getty Shots)
Billboard had incorporated its video montage, which used to be speculated to expose Swift’s occupation highlights, on its Instagram page after naming her the second-most intelligent pop star of the Twenty first century. No. 1 will likely be published next week.
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Several commenters wrote, “Teach sorry publicly to Taylor Swift,” earlier than the journal added the mea culpa in a expose on the identical Instagram put up.
A manual for Swift didn’t straight retort to Fox Files Digital’s seek data from for commentary.