Fans slam Ontario actress Shay Mitchell for 'denying her Filipino heritage' in viral clip

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Canadian actress Shay Mitchell is in hot water after a clip from her new show caused outrage in the Filipino community. The BÉIS founder’s show, Th...

Canadian actress Shay Mitchell is in hot water after a clip from her new show caused outrage in the Filipino community.The streaming platform shared a clip from one of the episodes on its TikTok page, and it went viral for all the wrong reasons.

In a video that seems to have been deleted from the Max TikTok page, Mitchell says,"My dad's Irish, my mom's Spanish. I can drink a lot, and then I get f**king spicy.""They're tearing Shay Mitchell up for lying and saying she's Spanish. I'm screaming at her mom's name being Precious.

"It's honestly just really sad when you think about it because she's literally done an interview or two where she has talked about growing up Filipino and being super insecure about her race," commented a TikTok user.the Canadian was also on YouTube's Mythical Kitchen, where she spoke about hiding her Filipino heritage. The host asked her if there was a moment when she decided she would stop conforming to Western standards.

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