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Actress Apologizes For ‘Racially Insensitive’ Videos She Made At 9 Years Old

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Actress Apologizes For ‘Racially Insensitive’ Videos She Made At 9 Years Old
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After weeks of apparent pressures from fans to apologize, actress and professional dancer Maddie Ziegler, 17, posted a lengthy statement to social media Tuesday apologizing for her past “racially insensitive” videos that were made when she was nine years old.

“I thought it was funny to mock people and accents,” the post said, in part. “I’m honestly ashamed and I’m truly sorry for my actions. The decisions I made then are absolutely not decisions I would make today.”

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