Camila Cabello responds as backing dancer is accused of blackface in Don’t Go Yet performance

Camila Cabello performed her new single Don’t Go Yet surrounded by backing dancers (Picture: Getty)

Camila Cabello spoke out after one of her backing dancers was accused of blackface during a performance of her new single Don’t Go Yet.

The star appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where she sang and danced surrounded by dancers dressed in brightly coloured outfits.

Her performance on TV, much like the Don’t Go Yet video was intended to be a send up of 80s style and fashion.

In the wake of viewer criticism – including one who demanded she ‘say something immediately’ – over the appearance of performer Dylan Pearce wearing a purple shirt, white trousers and thick makeup, the 24-year-old explained on Twitter that it was nothing more than a botched spray tan.

She said: ‘Hey! So this dude was just supposed to be a white man with a terrible spray tan.

‘We purposefully tried to pull together a multicultural group of performers, the expectation was not that everyone in the performance needed to be Latin.

‘There are white people, African American people, latin people etc. and so the point wasn’t to try to make everyone look Latin either.

Dancer Dylan wore heavy stage makeup for the performance (Picture: YouTube)

Camila posted a statement after the show (Picture: Twitter)

‘There are a lot of people in the performance who are not. The point was to try to make each person look like an over the top 80s character just like in the video, including a white dude with a terrible orange spray tan.’

Dylan himself even noted that he was rocking a very, very deep tan for the performance as he posed in his stage outfit, complete with 80s-style mullet.

Camila thanked her fanbase for their support in a separate message, writing: ‘The familia invaded @fallontonight last night #DontGoYet @jimmyfallon.’

She added: ‘On my team we try to create a culture of kindness, joy, & love & you could feel that this week.

‘None of this could be possible without the dream team that makes it happen & the fans that continue to support.

‘Love y’all so much, hope you’re having a blast this week and enjoying the music and performances. more to come, this is the appetizer of a full course meal baby.’

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