Gwen Stefani faces backlash over ‘I’m Japanese’ comment

Gwen Stefani: ‘My God, I’m Japanese and I didn’t know it.’ Photograph: RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

The singer and TV host Gwen Stefani faced widespread backlash after claiming: “I’m Japanese.”

In an interview with Allure magazine released on Tuesday, Stefani, who is of Irish and Italian descent, was promoting her GXVE beauty brand when she said: “My God, I’m Japanese and I didn’t know it.”