Cher started to become #trending on Twitter, after a post on the platform, which was criticized by many people.
She said she was watching the trial for the murder of Derek Chauvin and was thinking that "he could have helped George Floyd if he had been in Minneapolis at the time."
"I was talking to Mom and she said, 'I saw the trial of the policeman who killed George Floyd' and she cried. I said, 'Mom, I know that sounds crazy, but I thought if I had been there, I could have helped her. . "
The 74-year-old singer received criticism from many users who accused her of being a "white-skinned savior", or that she was "making Floyd die like everything to her".
"Cher, I think you're great, but you're wrong. The murder of George Floyd has nothing to do with you. save his life, "someone wrote.
"If the EMS firefighter who tried to intervene did not succeed, you certainly had no chance. What post! Do you think you have some kind of magical power? The police do not allow anyone to interfere in their work."
Not all comments were like that. Someone wrote to people "to calm down because Cher is just an old woman who wish she had been there to do something."
A day later, Cher apologized publicly, saying:
"Sometimes it hurts people not knowing what is not 'inappropriate'. I'm very sorry for what I did in the community of people of color."
Source: Daily News, Page Six
