The Chainsmokers crack racist joke in China, in an interview with Chinese reporter
The Chainsmokers have definitely let us down.
The EDM-pop band have found themselves under fire for a racist joke they made with a Chinese reporter while in China.
SEE ALSO:The Chainsmokers crashed a prom, didn't misspell anythingIn a video shared on their Twitter page, band member Alex Pall can be seen making a joke about not bringing his dog to China.
A Chinese interviewer is seen asking Pall if he brings his dog on tours with him, to which Pall replies "Well, I don't know if I'd bring her to China," before cracking into laughter.
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The interviewer can be seen looking at the camera in surprise.
The video has now been deleted off the band's page, but has already been widely circulated online.
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The band were in the Chinese capital of Shanghai for Ultra, an EDM festival.
Naturally, people called them out on their behaviour.
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The Chainsmokers later posted an apology on Twitter, with Pall saying he had made the comment after reading "reports about dogs being slaughtered in certain provinces" in China.
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However, he made sure to drive the point home with a link to Stop Yulin Forever, an activist site which aims to stop the Yulin Dog Meat Festival that is held in China annually -- presumably to justify what he had previously said.
Some people thought that attempt at an apology seemed feeble, at best.
Not to mention the caption was "😂😂☺" come on man
— carissa | NJ DAY (@xMukeftNarryx) September 11, 2017
Right! Now they're making it a dog slaughtering issue when let's be honest, it was just a horrible racist joke.
— Extra + Ordinary (@Ivyyaj92) September 11, 2017
anyways this apology doesn't even sound genuine at all. keep it.
— pam (@adoretoews) September 11, 2017
Looks like it might be too little, too late for the Chainsmokers.
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