Liam Gallagher has apologised to Asian fans for posting a racial slur, months before he heads to East Asia for the Oasis reunion tour.
The Oasis frontman posted the slur used to mock East Asians on X on Tuesday.
Fans immediately replied that he couldn’t use the word because it was “racist”.
Gallagher responded: “Behave.”
To one fan who told the musician that he might “get cancelled today”, he said: “Whatever.”
Whatever
— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) July 1, 2025
Why
— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) July 1, 2025
To another, he replied: “It’s an ancient thought process get on it.”
Gallager eventually deleted the post and issued a short apology.
“Sorry if I offended anyone with my tweet before it wasn’t intentional you know I love you all and I do not discriminate,” he posted. “Peace and love.”
The term used by Gallager is widely recognised as a derogatory imitation of Asian accents and is particularly used to mock people of Chinese origin or those perceived to be Chinese.
The use of the slur was seen frequently during the Covid pandemic when anti-Asian hate crimes surged globally, fuelled by racist rhetoric and misinformation.
The Independent has reached out to Gallagher’s representatives for comment.
Gallager is preparing to join older brother Noel for the Oasis reunion tour, set to begin on 4 July. The band split up in 2009 but announced last August that they were reuniting for a world tour.
Oasis is scheduled to perform in South Korea and Japan later this year. They have a show set for 21 October at the Goyang Sports Complex in Gyeonggi province, followed by two shows on 25 and 26 October at the Tokyo Dome.
Fans criticised Gallager’s apology as insincere and called for a more direct acknowledgement of wrongdoing. “As a Chinese and Asian, your remarks strike me as intentional and discriminatory,” one X user wrote. “You have the opportunity to apologise properly, but instead you deny responsibility for your racist words and choose to ignore the victims of your bigotry. How pitiful.”
“This is not a proper apology and I don't accept it,” wrote another. “No you're not truly sorry. You just worry about not being able to snatch Asian ppls money. You said BEHAVE to ppl who told you it's discriminative to say such thing.”
You are ignorant, lacking both emotional intelligence and intelligence, and not having the demeanor of an adult at all. What you should do now is to go back to primary school. Your apology is just because you realize the situation is serious and you can't bear it anymore. https://t.co/B4Wm5yDl7q
— Cathyyy (@Catellina_) July 1, 2025
People in the comment section are really funny. You are not even Asian, what do you mean ‘We forgive you. It’s okay.’ wtf 😂😂😂 I’m not even a fan of him but still feel offended because I’m a fking ASIAN! https://t.co/m6RKHQnbTw
— 💛🩷 (@Jumping_sone) July 2, 2025
I personally don’t care for his half-hearted apologies. He clearly doesn’t care when his only responses to people calling him out on his previous remarks were “whatever”. That really says it all. https://t.co/j9benrzT1w
— delaney (@hindutimez) July 1, 2025
Several users decried the fact that multiple posts “forgiving” him appeared to be from people who did not come from Asian backgrounds.
“If you’re not Asian don’t you f***ing dare reply saying he didn't owe anybody an apology or that his intentions were always good. You’re embarrassing yourself. Don’t speak for us,” read one post.
“Who would have thought in 2025 at the ripe age of 52 Liam Gallagher would still consider casual racism as being edgy,” read another.
Earlier in June, Gallagher apologised to fans for winding them up by teasing a “big announcement” which he then followed up by posting: “I work out.”
He added what appeared to be an apology, writing: “If I caused any distress and upset anyone this morning, I’m deeply sorry that wasn’t my intention I thought it was a bit of fun please forgive me.”
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