LOS ANGELES — Beleaguered YouTuber Colleen Ballinger stood onstage in a black leotard, granny panties and smeared facepaint. But was that paint green or black? Did she fail to wipe her face after a "Wicked" skit, or was she doing a blackface performance mocking Beyoncé?
A video resurfaced this week showing Ballinger performing at a live show as her popular character, Miranda Sings, with a dark substance on her face, prompting complaints of racism.
Through her attorney, Andrew Brettler, who contacted the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, Ballinger said the substance on her face was green makeup. Prior to the "Single Ladies" parody, she had performed a song from the musical "Wicked," dressed as Elphaba, a witch with green skin, Brettler wrote in an emailed statement.
