Pharrell Says "Sorry" for Wearing Native American Headdress on Magazine Cover

The internet response to Pharrell’s cover photo for the latest issye of Elle UK has not been too

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The internet response to Pharrell‘s cover photo for the latest issye of Elle UK has not been too positive. The GRAMMY Award-winning artist is displayed wearing a Native American headdress and the digital sphere was not feeling it. According to MTV, Pharrell took to Buzzfeed to issue a public apology for the photo.

“I respect and honor every kind of race, background and culture.I am genuinely sorry.”

The original post on Elle‘s website read, “We persuaded ELLE Style Award winner Pharrell to trade his Vivienne Westwood mountie hat for a native American feather headdress in his best ever shoot,” but has since been updated to. “Continuing our tradition of featuring cult male icons on collector’s edition covers we persuaded ELLE Style Award winner Pharrell to collaborate with us on his best ever shoot.”

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