Colleen Ballinger, who is known for her performances as the fictional character Miranda Sings, is under fire after a recently resurfaced video appeared on Twitter of her seemingly wearing blackface while singing Beyoncé’s «Single Ladies.»
Colleen Ballinger, who is known for her performances as the fictional character Miranda Sings, is under fire after a recently resurfaced video appeared on Twitter of her seemingly wearing blackface while singing Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies.”
The clip was posted by social media influencer @PaigeChristieUK on Twitter Wednesday, and showed the scandal-plagued Ballinger — as Miranda Sings — performing the 2008 song with what looks like dark paint or makeup smudged all over her face, accompanied by two backup dancers.
The dancers do not appear to be wearing the paint.
On Twitter, Christie further claimed that the video was found through a QR code link in Ballinger’s 2018 book, “My Diarrhe,” authored under her character’s name.
Christie showed a screen recording of someone scanning the QR code in the book, which led them to an unlisted YouTube video that was posted in 2018 and titled “Single Ladies,” in which Ballinger is seen on stage.
Per TMZ, some also claimed that the clip was offered as an “exclusive sneak peek” to people who bought the book.
The influencer wrote on Twitter that she thinks the video could have been taken around the summer of 2010 in London, as the page in the book where the video can be found detailed her performances in the West End.
Ballinger was performing there in May and June of 2010, according to an announcement by Playbill — but it’s still unclear exactly when or where the video was filmed.
