Mariah Carey’s photo with Colin Kaepernick isn’t sitting well with a certain portion of her fanbase. Carey wrote on Instagram Friday (Nov. 16) that it was “such an honor” to meet Kaepernick, and while the majority of the reactions were positive, a bunch of angry white fans flooded her comment section with threats of boycotting her music, and unfollowing her social media accounts.
Others tried to guilt trip Carey by expressing their “disappointment” over her support of Kaepernick. Naturally, Carey’s Instagram post also opened a debate about the American flag, racism and Donald Trump, with several of Carey’s fans defending and celebrating her praise of Kaepernick.
Carey met Kaepernick while she was Hot 97 promoting her new album, Caution. The 31-year-old athlete reposted Carey’s photo writing back, “It was an honor to meet an icon.”
Kapernick, who launched the Know Your Rights campaign, in an effort to continue his social activism, has garnered the support of several musicians, politicians, fellow athletes and more. Check out some of the reactions to Carey’s photo below:
@MariahCarey MAGA "fans" were upset that she took a photo with #Kaepernick and had a major meltdown on her IG page. I need #blacktwitter and #StanTwitter to do their jobs and expose the racists and make them famous. It think these nationalists forgot Mimi is half black pic.twitter.com/UVxprrAPSs
— 🎤👩🏾Stan Culture👩🏾💻 (@stanculture1) November 17, 2018
So Mariah Carey posted a photo of herself with Colin kaepernick, and her MAGA “fans” are losing their minds🤣🤣🤣 the racist tears are so delicious!!!
— Ursula Burns Black Card (@Playapleathe_) November 17, 2018
The comments under that Mariah Carey IG pic she took with Kaepernick yesterday been entertaining me for the last 20 mins
— RunJuly 🌴 (@RunJuly) November 17, 2018
WTF does @mariahcarey and HER personal views have to do with her music? True 🐑 would respect her views. Its HER choice to support any one she wants! Don't you critics? https://t.co/x7jpkc1yLP
— GGIRL LAMBILY (@ggirl421) November 18, 2018