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Avril Laughs Off Racist Video Claims

04/25/2014
. (Radio.com) Avril Lavigne has come out to defend her "Hello Kitty" video, in the most Avril way ever. The singer took to Twitter Wednesday night (April 23) to explain exactly why her new video, which features the "Sk8er Boi" songstress strutting her stuff in a cupcake adorned skirt while a few Japanese women dance behind her, isn't racist at all.

She tweeted about the controversy, " RACIST??? LOLOLOL!!! I love Japanese culture and I spend half of my time in Japan. I flew to Tokyo to shoot this video�"

She followed up her original tweet with one that explains that she flew to Tokyo to film the video specifically for "my Japanese fans, WITH my Japanese label, Japanese choreographers AND a Japanese director IN Japan."

This message from the singer comes after the video was pulled from YouTube, even though it did not seem to break any of the site's guidelines, leading many to believe it was pulled for being insensitive to Japanese culture. The clip is currently back on the site. Watch it here.

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