to Instagram on Saturday apologizing for repeatedly using the slur, calling the viral clip “the most regretful and shameful thing that I’ve ever had to talk about publicly.
She announced her desire to leave the streaming platform after Neil Young, and then others, announced they would pull their content from Spotify due to RoganElsewhere in her video on Wednesday, Arie argued that her comments about Rogan and Spotify were not an example of censorship ― despite what some critics have said ― since “censorship is being at the threat of loss of life or freedom for your words.
She also pointed out that although people within the Black community may have different opinions about using the word, when it comes people outside the community using the slur, “we should be able to say, ‘just don’t.’”