The Chainsmokers did not
just think it would be cool to crack an old and really lame 'Chinese
eating dogs' joke on camera, they managed to do it right when they were
in Asia, giving an interview to an Asian reporter! You heard us.
Well if you thought that it is 2017 (that bit is true) and that
people have moved past making racist and crass jokes that are not just
insensitive but also downright ‘unfunny’, think again. Because none
other than The Chainsmokers, the American DJ duo who were recently in India
and is touring Asia, has proved you wrong. They did not just think it
would be cool to crack an old and really lame ‘Chinese eating dogs’ joke
on camera, they managed to do it right when they were in Asia, giving
an interview to an Asian reporter! You heard us.
No, it doesn’t stop there. The video shows the interviewer, who
evidently seemed awkward, moving on to the next question. But Andrew
Taggart and Alex Pall just couldn’t get over their ‘joke’ and continued
to laugh. But many found the video uncool. The DJ-duo, finally, had to
take the video down.
Yet, if you are the ones who have not seen the clip, it is available online thanks to unforgiving twitterati.
Watch it here.
If you are cringing watching Pall uncontrollably laughing, well you
have company. A lot of people on the micro-blogging site called the duo
out for being insensitive. “Yikes. The Chainsmokers made a racist
statement about Chinese people. Not a good move,” “not only do the
chainsmokers make bad music they’re also f*****g racist,” “the
chainsmokers are racist as hell. they don’t deserve to be featured in no
bts bop,” “I really hate the chainsmokers they’re racist and fake and
never original and now they’re trying to ride the wave of bts’
popularity NO WAY,” “the chainsmokers have been exposed as racist…
disgusting,” were some of the reactions doing the rounds of the
Internet.
However, after pulling down the video they tweeted apologising “if we offended anyone”.
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