Colleen Ballinger denies allegations that she performed in blackface in a Beyoncé parody. So what's with the paint on her face? She explains why.
stood onstage in a black leotard, granny panties and smeared facepaint. But was that paint green or black? Did she fail to wipe her face after a “Wicked” skit, or was she doing a blackface performance mocking Beyoncé?showing Ballinger performing at a live show as her popular character, Miranda Sings, with a dark substance on her face, prompting complaints of racism.
Through her attorney, Andrew Brettler, who contacted The Times on Thursday, Ballinger said the substance on her face was green makeup. Prior to the “Single Ladies” parody, she had performed a song from the musical “AdvertisementColleen Ballinger is again facing criticism — this time for old videos of her performing in yellowface and a Beyoncé parody that’s called ‘mockery.’
“What you don’t see in the clip that was posted online is that Colleen was performing a song from ‘Wicked’ with Oliver Tompsett, a star from the show,” the statement read. “She painted her face green like the witch. After that number, she went right into ‘Single Ladies’ .” The Times reviewed video provided by Brettler that shows Ballinger and Tompsett, a British actor who was in the original “Wicked” cast in London’s West End. The pair sing the duet “As Long As You’re Mine,” between Elphaba and Fiyero, Tompsett’s character.
After the duet, the video shows Ballinger changing into her black leotard before launching into the “Single Ladies” performance, still with the apparent green paint on her face. The latter half of the video, which spurred the recent controversy,
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