Saweetie is facing backlash after liking a tweet criticizing Lil Nas X on his sexuality.
Friday, a the clip appeared on Twitter by the Grammy-winning artist who performed at Lollapalooza. The images were posted alongside an abusive comment about the 23-year-old star.
“I feel like it’s not really gay or so feminine it’s so forced,” the Twitter user wrote on the post, which was liked by rapper Saweetie.
The “My Type” artist, who claims she misunderstood the context behind the tweet, quickly tried to set the record straight after being called out on social media.
Claiming to have liked the tweet without seeing the ‘shade’, Saweetie disliked the tweet. He then insisted he only liked it because he thought the “Old Town Road” singer “looked good”.
“It was good, that’s why I liked the video. Didn’t see the shadow…*unlike*,” he tweeted in response to the backlash.
Soon after, fans began tweeting their support for the singer, insisting it must have been a misunderstanding.
On Saturday, Lil Nas X responded to the star on Twitter with two blue heart emojis.
In November, Saweetie left viral again after Twitter users speculated that she had a crush on ex-boyfriend Quavo over his track “Don’t Say Nothin” from his “Single Life” EP.
The song features lyrics like “Post a picture in his hoodie, I bet I get hurt / That’s what I get for kissing these frogs / He got mad and blogged about my business.”
Fans doubled down on their speculation, noting that just a month earlier Quavo had taken the internet by storm with the release of his song. “Dirty.”
“If Saweetie wants to pull Quavo, SHE CAN! No one cared about her thought process and her recovery when they dragged her.” a fan posted on Twitter.
The fiasco started after Saweetie appeared on Yung Miami’s “Caresha Please” TV show in September, where the “Icy” rapper got emotional about her three-year relationship with Quavo.
When asked on the show if their relationship was toxic, Saweetie noted that they had “a lot of growing pains together.”
“I thought we were going to spend the rest of our lives together,” she added. “With him, I just knew he was the one. He was different… I was excited about who he was as a person. Even if he wasn’t a rapper, I would still have a crush on him. It was one of those things.”
In response, the Atlanta rapper responded after the interview, rapping on “Messy,” “I said, ‘Caresha, please,’ cause she’s too messy (Woo, please).”
View denied dissing Quavo during an Instagram Live in August.
“Nobody looks down on anybody. When I went on Caresha Please, I told you all, whoever is on Say Nothing, whoever the message was, it wasn’t for anybody,” she clarified.
