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Doja Cat Responds to Criticism Over Sam Hyde Shirt And Clarifies Rumor About Hating Her Fans

<p><strong>Doja Cat<&sol;strong> recently sat down for a candid interview on Apple Music&period; Among other topics&comma; she <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;megan-thee-stallion-video-pardi-affidavit-tory-lanez-driver-kelsey-harris&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">addressed criticism<&sol;a> for wearing a shirt featuring controversial comic <strong>Sam Hyde<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The backlash arose after she posted and deleted a photo of herself wearing the shirt back in October&period; This led to fans expressing their disappointment in the comment section&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"C02oXrupBgR" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Doja Cat&&num;8217&semi;s Controversial Instagram Post<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Outside of his profession&comma; Hyde has gained a reputation for his alleged ties to the neo-Nazi movement&comma; per the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;latimes&period;com&sol;nation&sol;la-na-daily-stormer-20170602-story&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Los Angeles Times&period;<&sol;a> His followers reportedly consist of antisemites and misogynists&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Doja responded to the backlash by<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;Sj-94isjRmE&quest;si&equals;IoFmUuhKfLrBq2mN" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"> explaining to <strong>Ebro Darden<&sol;strong><&sol;a> that she didn&&num;8217&semi;t know about the problematic implications associated with Hyde&period; She added that she never intended to promote any harmful ideologies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While she received plenty of criticism from fans and social media users&comma; Doja stressed that her intent was not to attack people or hurt their feelings&period; She stated that her level of fame had made her immune to negative opinions&period; The singer-rapper suggested that people had exaggerated the situation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;It didn&&num;8217&semi;t affect the world in a way where we have to look behind our backs&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Doja expressed&comma; referring to the social media outcry that erupted over her shirt&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Swipe below to see her full comments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"C02oXrupBgR" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Doja Clarifies Comment About Hating Her Fans<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Doja also addressed the controversy surrounding her alleged hatred toward her fans&period; The &&num;8216&semi;Paint The Town Red&&num;8217&semi; singer had reportedly lost over 250&comma;000 followers in July when she refused to tell her supporters that she loved them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A fan had tweeted&comma; <em>&&num;8220&semi;I wanna hear you say &lpar;I do love you guys&rpar; as usual you say to your fans&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> Doja responded&comma; <em>&&num;8220&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t though cuz I don&&num;8217&semi;t even know y&&num;8217&semi;all&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The remark prompted a Twitter user to lash out at the Grammy winner&comma; telling her she&&num;8217&semi;d be &&num;8220&semi;working at a grocery store&&num;8221&semi; if it wasn&&num;8217&semi;t for her fans supporting her music&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Doja seemed unfazed by the outrage&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Favoritsounds&sol;status&sol;1683242945829298176" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">She responded<&sol;a>&comma; <em>&&num;8220&semi;Nobody forced you idk why you&&num;8217&semi;re talking to me like you&&num;8217&semi;re my mother b&ast;&ast;&ast;h you sound like a crazy person&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In her latest interview&comma; however&comma; she emphasized that she never said she hates her fans&period; Instead&comma; Doja Cat suggested blogs had misquoted the comment and blown it out of proportion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;One thing that I do want to set straight is that you’ll never see a direct quote of me saying&comma; &&num;8216&semi;I hate my fans&period;&&num;8217&semi; Not once&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she told Darden&period; &&num;8220&semi;But it’s a really big misquoted thing where everybody is saying&comma; she hates her fans&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Doja Cat said she hoped to distance herself from the world of fame and maintain some level of privacy&period; She believes that her humor may not always come across in the way she&&num;8217&semi;d hoped&comma; which is why people fail to realize when she&&num;8217&semi;s serious or not&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Watch the full interview below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"Sj-94isjRmE" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; 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