Tulisa Contostavlos has slammed accusations from X Factor star Misha B that she was part of a scripted bullying and sabotage ‘storyline’ in 2011.
On Sunday, Misha, who was 19 when she appeared on the ITV singing show, shared a clip of one of the tense moments she shared with then-judge Tulisa.
Misha, now 28, then appeared on an Instagram Live where she claimed the spat was racially motivated.
N-Dubz songstress Tulisa, 31, has now hit back in her on Instagram video.
She shared a message with her 557,000 followers in the early hours of Tuesday morning to share an emotional message while insisting: “I do not have a racist bone in my body”.
In her original post, Misha B, who was one the favourites to win the show under mentor judge Kelly Rowland, accused the ITV show of scripting a bullying ‘storyline’ to sabotage her chances at winning.
Tulisa Contostavlos has slammed accusations from X Factor star Misha B that she was part of a scripted bullying and sabotage ‘storyline’ in 2011 (Image: tulisasinstagram/Instagram)
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Judges Tulisa and Louis Walsh accused Misha of being a bully in the third live show, which she said left her feeling suicidal.
Misha shared a clip of the bullying row and wrote that she has “received many calls and messages regarding this incident”.
In her hour-long Instagram Live, Misha also claimed that X Factor producers told the judges to accuse her of bullying other contestants, leading Tulisa and Louis to call her ‘feisty’ ‘over-confident’ and ‘mean,’ live on air.
Visibly upset over the claims, Tulisa shared a video denying any racist accusations.
The star says she ‘doesn’t have a racist bone in my body’ (Image: tulisasinstagram/Instagram)
She also apologised for how she handled the incident, but maintained claims of Misha’s poor behaviour.
Tulisa said: “So I’m making this video in response to a video Misha B has done, and also false accusations online. I’m not taking away from the fact of how she feels…
“I accept that she is entitled to her opinion and I’m sorry that she feels that situation was racially motivated… I can only speak from my side of the story which I can say it 100% was not. One thing I regret is calling her out publicly which I did…
“If I was the person I am today, as somebody who is more emotionally intelligent who has more life experience, I would have handled in a different way…”
Misha claimed in an Instagram Live their X Factor spat was racially motivated. (Image: Instagram)
The star continued: “I am truly sorry for that and I regret it. For her to make claims that it was racially motivated is ludicrous. There had been an accumulation of things that Misha had done to other contestants and my contestants backstage…
“She made two of my acts cry – one of them being on the night I made those comments. After that, backstage she asked me: ‘Why did you do it?’ and I said: ‘Why did you do what you did to my acts?’…
“To this day I didn’t find her excuse feasible. I still don’t agree with it. I called a lot of people out on that show – white, black, short, tall. It’s nothing to do with skin colour…
“I was protecting my acts and if somebody does some nasty stuff – whether it’s on that show or not, I’m gonna call her out on it. I didn’t wake up that day and think I’m gonna call Misha out because of the colour of her skin…
Their clash took place on the show back in 2011
“She did some things that I felt I needed to pull her up one. They were real and happening. I was dealing with crying contestants. I’m sure she’s not the same person. This was 10 years ago. Same as I’m not the same person who would call her out the way I did. I was a very feisty 22-year-old…
“I didn’t think of emotional consequences but I can tell you race wasn’t in the equation. It had nothing to do with race these accusations are ludicrous…
“I owe my life to black people and black culture. From my career, to the music I make, to my very being, who I am as a person. I was the only white person in my friendship group, my father was raised in the Congo till he was 16…
I’m very passionate about Black Lives Matter and when I spoke to my friend about what I should do they told me to get educated and that’s what I’m going to do before I speak out…
Misha has also hit out at fellow X Factor judge Louis Walsh
‘I hope this movement can put an end to the centuries of oppression, of abuse of racism and corrupt system we are part of. Please believe me when I tell you that I do not have a racist bone in my body.’
Tulisa also added a caption on the video which read: “I have witnessed black people being torn down in the industry, especially black women. It is a very real and serious issue.
“But my issue at that time was a response to actions, and was in no way shape or form about race. I have never and will never take part in any oppressive or racist agenda.’
In her original post, Misha said she immediately picked up on “bad vibes” from Louise Walsh and Tulisa.
She said: “Let me just get this very clear. These judges spent a maximum of one percent time with me and their contestants, apart from Gary [Barlow] and Kelly… So my understanding is you’ve created this whole narrative of me being overconfident because I’m black.
“And in your eyes, black girls should not be confident. Black girls are just ‘one of’ – ‘You look like a young Tina Turner, you’re like a young Chaka Khan’. Why can I not just look like me? Why is it always you looking like someone else? Why is it always a comparison for black women?”
Misha continued: “Moving on to Tulisa – if you go back and watch the clip carefully, and I’ve gone back and watched the clip carefully, this woman had every line scripted before she even opened up her mouth. I wasn’t fooled. I’m not fooled. I know what it is here. I know exactly what it is here. And, you see, back in 2011 they got away with it. They got away with so much s***.
“’Feisty’, [Tulisa] threw, followed by ‘mean’. Now I know that I am not the only one here that has heard those words. ‘Feisty’, ‘mean’. These are like the common words that people use to describe black women.
“She then went on to say something along the lines of ‘seeing that some of the things that I say could come across as mean’. Let me get one thing clear, this woman had spent zero time with me.
“The only conversation this woman had with me was after this all happened, when she gave me a very half-arsed apology. Not the words ‘I’m sorry’, but ‘I never meant to do you no harm’. The damage is done, bruv. The damage is done.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
