Noah Cyrus
(Picture: Getty Images)Singer Noah Cyrus has apologised after using an “offensive” term while defending Harry Styles.
Styles was criticised by prominent US conservative commentator Candace Owens after posing in a Gucci ballgown on the cover of Vogue.
Owens, who is black, tweeted “bring back manly men" and claimed society could not “survive without strong men” and that the pictures of Styles were an “attack” on Western civilisation.
“In the west, the steady feminization of our men at the same time that Marxism is being taught to our children is not a coincidence. It is an outright attack,” she said.
Pop star Cyrus, 20, shared a picture of Styles in the dress on Instagram and said he wears it “better than any of u nappy ass heauxz”.
Nappy is sometimes used to describe afro-textured hair and is widely seen as offensive to black people.
Cyrus, the younger sister of Miley, apologised and said: “I am mortified that I used a term without knowing the context and history, but I know now and I am horrified and truly sorry. I will never use it again. Thank you for educating me.
“I in no way meant to offend anyone. I am so so sorry.”
.@harry_styles is our December issue cover star!
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) November 13, 2020
Read how the star is making and playing by his own rules: https://t.co/tQPLi5OEtj pic.twitter.com/AxZgxE68Rx
Styles had already responded to the controversy over his dress.
He posted a picture to Instagram, posing in a powder blue suit with a cinched and ruffled waist while holding a banana in his mouth.
The singer captioned the post: “Bring back manly men”.
Styles was the first male in 127 years to grace the cover of US Vogue.
The former One Direction star, 26, told Vogue he thinks womenswear is “amazing” ás he appeared on the cover of the American fashion magazine.
Styles told the magazine he doesn’t think about fashion being “clothes for men and clothes for women” - suggesting those who do are “limiting” themselves.
