Filipino Model Regrets Racist Comments From 4 Years Ago

A Filipino model based in Australia apologized for her racist comments she posted on Twitter four years ago. Lily Macapinlac’s tweets from 2013 resurfaced on the internet and now, she posts a message on Twitter saying she now knows better. It seems the internet has its way of haunting people even after four years.

Twenty-two-year-old Lily, popularly known as Lily Mac Mac or Lily May Mac, is a pure Filipina according to a report by Asia One. She is a model-makeup entrepreneur and is popular on Instagram having 3M followers. Lily has just launched her cosmetic line Lily May Mac Collection. Looking at her photos, she kind of looks like Kylie Jenner.

Lily Mac Mac apologizes for racist tweets

Lily regrets posting racist tweets that are already four years old. The report says the tweets resurfaced on Reddit. Lily’s comments include how she preferred dating “white guys” over Asian men and how she called African men to “black dogs.” Another tweet read, “If another short Asian dude tries buying me a drink I’m going to puke on them.”

The Filipina model tweeted, “In light of what is resurfacing, I want to say sorry for what I said when I was obviously close-minded and away from public eye.” She added, “It was wrong then and wrong now but I now know better.”

The report further mentioned that Lily’s mother said Lily was pure Filipino but wasn’t proud of it because of the “pinoy” mentality. She said this was the reason why they migrated to Australia.

Checking Lily’s Twitter page @lilymacmac, it seems it was already suspended. She now uses @lilymaymac and used this account to post her apology.

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A post shared by lilymaymac (@lilymaymac) on Mar 29, 2017 at 1:14am PDT

In light of what is resurfacing, I want to say sorry for what I said when I was obviously closeminded & away from public eye.

— Lily (@lilymaymac) May 4, 2017

It was wrong then & wrong now but I now know better

— Lily (@lilymaymac) May 4, 2017