Unearthed tweets from Blake Shelton's past spark outrage
Blake Shelton probably thought he'd seen the last of these!
The country crooner has remained relatively scandal-free in his career, but his spotless persona is no longer after followers unearthed questionable, eyebrow-raising tweets that the singer purportedly tweeted in 2009.
Screenshots of the alleged tweets, which have racist, homophobic and mysoginistic undertones, were shared by the Twitter accounts @TheMusicTea.
The singer also admitted to having a "sick fantasy" about a then-16-year-old Dakota Fanning.
"Sooo... I just figured out a great excuse for my sick fantasy about Dakota Fanning. I thought she was Amanda Seyfried... " he wrote in 2010.
While the screengrabs aren't verified, tweets still active on Shelton's Twitter account reflect some of the same attitudes.
Needless to say, reactions on Twitter were not pretty.
So to recap Blake Shelton,he's :racist,homophobic,misogynistic,makes light of rape and made sexual comments about a minor. What a great guy.
— veda🌵 | 🎢 (@viewyorker) August 13, 2016
I love love loved you!
You are handsome and charming and I would melt just looking at you!
That fantasy is over you racist pig— Esther (@Esther65997253) August 15, 2016
While many fans were outraged, others defended "The Voice" coach's "humor," claiming he has changed.
*sigh* Yeah, let's rev up the outrage engine for Blake Shelton's 5-year-old tweets. Only to move onto something else in 2 days. Idiots.
— mic (@NighIllest) August 15, 2016
@blakeshelton If I'm Honest...I don't care about past tweets, I like the real you & the laughter, love & joy you genuinely&generously share.
— LetFreedomRing (@FreedomRings4Us) August 15, 2016
Changed man or not, we definitely think an explanation is due!
