{"id":184087,"date":"2023-01-12T00:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T00:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kyle-richards-defends-gwen-stefanis-im-japanese-comment\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T00:42:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T00:42:01","slug":"kyle-richards-defends-gwen-stefanis-im-japanese-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kyle-richards-defends-gwen-stefanis-im-japanese-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Richards defends Gwen Stefani’s ‘I’m Japanese’ comment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We gotta stop pretending \u2026 who we are.<\/p>\n

Kyle Richards defended Gwen Stefani’s wild claim that she’s \u201cJapanese\u201d despite being born to Italian American and Irish American parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone can’t wait to be offended by something,\u201d the \u201cReal Housewives of Beverly Hills\u201d star commented on an Instagram post Wednesday reporting the story about the No Doubt singer.<\/p>\n

In an Allure interview released Tuesday, Stefani repeatedly insisted that she’s of Asian descent when asked about her Harajuku Lovers collection from 2004, which many have cited as an example of cultural appropriation.<\/p>\n

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Kyle Richards defended Gwen Stefani’s \u201cI’m Japanese\u201d remarks.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cI said, ‘My God, I’m Japanese and I didn’t know it,’\u201d the \u201cDon’t Speak\u201d singer, 53, told the interviewer, who is Asian.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am, you know,\u201d she then doubled down.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the interview, Stefani claimed that not only does she identify as part Asian, but she is also \u201ca little bit of an Orange County girl, a little bit of a Japanese girl, a little bit of an English girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cEveryone can’t wait to be offended by something,\u201d Richards commented on an Instagram post.<\/figcaption>
Instagram\/Kyle Richards<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A rep for the singer at first told the publication that the journalist had misunderstood but then declined to give an on-the-record clarification.<\/p>\n

The fact that Richards, 54, weighed in on the controversy may not come as a surprise, as her co-star Garcelle Beauvais once had to teach her a lesson about racial undertones when Richards accused Beauvais, who is black, of not paying $5,000 to a charity.<\/p>\n

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The No Doubt frontwoman repeatedly insisted she was of Asian descent despite being born to Italian American and Irish American parents.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cWould you have said it to one of the white women?\u201d Beauvais, 56, asked in a 2021 episode. \u201cI feel like it was weaponized toward me being a black woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my God! Like, I don’t have any issues with you!\u201d Richards responded.<\/p>\n

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It appears Stefani’s Harajuku Girls era confused her.<\/figcaption>
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Beauvais said she believed that the \u201cHalloween\u201d actress didn’t intentionally mean to suggest anything racial, but it’s often something that goes unsaid.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s stereotypes that people think we don’t pay for our rent, that we don’t tip,\u201d the former \u201cThe Real\u201d co-host explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would never think of that!\u201d Richards answered.<\/p>\n

Beauvais then explained that while Richards doesn’t have to deal with that, it is her reality, so Richards apologized once more, and all was well.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n