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Why did Tyler, The Creator apologize to Selena Gomez in ‘Manifesto’? Fans want answers

Tyler, The Creator addressed apologized to Selena Gomez for his sexually explicit tweets from 2010 when she was dating his friend Justin Bieber

Tyler, The Creator dropped his sixth studio effort ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ on June 25 and it soon got the people talking. The Grammy-winning rapper did earn a lot of praise for his latest full-length project but also faced the heat after he apologized to Selena Gomez in his song ‘Manifesto’.

But, why did he apologize to Gomez? Well, the 30-year-old emcee had posted a series of sexually explicit tweets in 2010 when Selena Gomez was only 18 and was dating Justin Bieber, who was a good friend of Tyler. The California native, who later deleted his tweets, had to face a temporary Twitter suspension at the time.
 
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Why did Tyler, The Creator apologize to Selena Gomez?

Tyler, The Creator addressed the aforementioned issues in his latest track ‘Manifesto’ where he apologized to Selena Gomez for his sexually explicit tweets from 2010. In the third verse of the song, he raps, “I was canceled before canceled was with Twitter fingers/Protestin’ outside my shows, I gave them the middle finger/ I was a teener, tweetin’ Selena crazy s**t/Didn’t wanna offend her, apologize when I seen her/Back when I was tryna f**k Bieber.”

Selena had started dating Bieber at the time Tyler’s graphic tweets went viral. The ‘Igor’ hitmaker had addressed his tweets in a 2013 interview with the radio talk show Power 106. “We don’t really get along. She don’t like me. We don’t like each other ‘cause [I’m] kicking it with Justin [Bieber], like that’s my homeboy. She always be mean muggin’ me. Like why are you hating on me? We’re just hanging out, we’re trying to play Xbox.”

What did Tyler, The Creator tweet back in 2010?

According to the screenshots of now-deleted tweets shared by the website Pop Buzz, Tyler had posted, “Selena Gomez is now 18, so she can now legally take my d**k in her f**king a**.” In another he had written, “Selena Gomez is gonna take my d**k in her f**king pu**y.” He had also tweeted, “I just want to f**k Selena Gomez in her mouth”. Tyler was 20 when he had shared these graphic tweets. Speaking of his apology in the song, Selena has not yet responded to it. MEAWW will keep you posted on the same.

‘Another episode of men' says Twitter

Not only Tyler got dragged over Selena’s tweets, but he also faced the heat for his trying to “f**k Justin bieber” line in the song ‘Manifesto’. One user stated, “That's so funny to me how Tyler, The Creator's new album made noise only because he mentions Selena in one of the songs. The queen stays winning.” Another tweeted, “Tyler the Creator tweeted predatory tweets about Selena when she's barely even legal back then and took him 10 years to apologize and use her to promote his song. another episode of men.”
 
The next one posted, “Tyler wanted selena and justin bro that’s peak bisexuality right there.” Meanwhile, another user noted, “Hearing Tyler, The Creator all grown up and maturing within these last three albums before my very eyes is so refreshing to see. Hearing him apologize to Selena for his series of reckless tweets brought a tear to my eye in the car.” Ones slammed him for the Justin Bieber line and said, “Did Tyler say he was tryna f**k justin bieber at some point or did i miss something.” One user shared, “Tyler just said he tried to fuck justin bieber and we’re just gonna let that go and move on?? i need answers.” One concluded, “Tyler the Creator was rapping about smashing Justin Bieber with DJ Drama yelling over the beat. This is incredible lol.”