The performer swapped his signature Vivienne Westwood mountain hat for a feathered piece of headgear on Elle UK's July cover, causing outrage on the internets and a #NotHappy Twitter tag currently making the rounds in our feed.
While the singer has already apologized through his rep for the offensive snafu -- which Karlie Kloss, too, received when she walked the Victoria's Secret fashion show runway as a scantily-clad Native American in 2012 -- the Hearst-owned glossy is feeling some major heat, especially since retroactively changing the wording of a promotional blog post in what appears to be an attempt to reduce their part of the blame.
I don't get why people keep doing this ignorant mess. Even if you don't care about the feelings of Native/Indigenous people, why would you want to bring the controversy upon yourself? Did he not see what happened to Gwen/No Doubt recently? It's just dumb all around
I never knew how arrogant and self-centered Pharrell was. He clearly wore the headdress simply for attention, there's no other explanation. And then to issue an apology, for what reason? He wore it knowing the backlash it would get, so why wear it in the first place? Trash.
I never knew how arrogant and self-centered Pharrell was. He clearly wore the headdress simply for attention, there's no other explanation. And then to issue an apology, for what reason? He wore it knowing the backlash it would get, so why wear it in the first place? Trash.
