Bhad Bhabie Denies Being Guilty of Cultural Appropriation: 'I Grew Up Around Black People'

Regardless of being an accused cultural appropriator, Bhad Bhabie denies that she's trying to mimic Black people.

The Florida rapper was interviewed by Camilla Araujo in a video posted on Friday (May 23) and addressed the speculation around the 45-minute mark. Shortly before Bhabie, real name Danielle Bregoli, became a viral star, her first claim to fame was the infamous 'Catch me outside' moment on Dr. Phil in 2016.

But around the 47-minute mark of the podcast below, Bhabie said that she's "comfortable being an Italian, Jewish white girl" even if her look and usage of AAVE say otherwise.

"I never purposely put makeup on to be darker, I never told a makeup artist to do it i never did anything to my body to look like a race. I just I grew up around Black people," she continued.

Bhabie added that she simply has an "accent" and "gravitates towards certain things Black people do." "Even from a young age, I never looked at a Black person and was like, I want to be you," she said.

The "Ms. Whitman" artist then explained that she was raised in the same neighborhood as Haitian people, some who would braid her hair, and called herself "appreciative" of the culture. But her previous comment caught some social media users off guard, and insisted that she's using Blackness to her advantage.

Also in the interview, Bhabie spoke about her tumultuous relationship with boyfriend LeVaughn, and discovering his alleged affair with Alabama Barker.