“The team is in the process of pulling the shoes.”
A shoe collection designed by Katy Perry have been removed from stores, after they were accused of featuring blackface.
The line of sandal and loafers were pulled from stores including Walmart after critics argued against the depiction of a face featuring large red lips.
A spokesperson for the Katy Perry Collection told TMZ: “In order to be respectful and sensitive the team is in the process of pulling the shoes.”
The shoes are the latest item to face criticism for allegedly featuring the racist caricature of a red-lipped “Sambo”.
Katy Perry
It comes only a week after Gucci withdrew a black polo necked jumper featuring red lips that were designed to be worn over the face.
In 2017, Perry also apologised after she was accused of cultural appropriation – having previously worn Japanese style Geisha outfits.
“I didn’t know that I did it wrong until I heard people saying that I did it wrong. It takes someone to say, out of compassion, out of love, ‘Hey, this is what the origin is’,” said Perry.
“And not just a clap back. Because it’s hard to hear those clap backs sometimes, your ego just wants to turn from them.”
The singer also recently discussed how she feels distant from God, after starting her career as a Christian gospel singer.
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