Colleen Ballinger’s Ex-Husband Joshua Addresses Controversial ‘Blackface’ Video, Claims It Was Purposeful

Colleen Ballinger‘s ex-husband Joshua David Evans is weighing in on the controversial video of the YouTube star performing a Beyonce song at a show.

The video in question was initially met with claims that Colleen, who was in character as Miranda Sings, was wearing blackface. However, her legal team debunked the rumor, confirming that she was in fact covered in green paint after performing a song as Elphaba from Wicked.

Joshua isn’t questioning the version of events. However, he implied that Colleen was intentionally trying to create the impression of blackface. He added it wasn’t the only time that she came up with offensive jokes.

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“That bit is intentional. It’s as if the ‘character’ doesn’t ‘get it’ while she continues to perform a black artist’s song with stuff on her face. The audience is like , while the character is like ,” Joshua tweeted a fan who was talking about the incident.

He continued, writing, “I know what it’s like to have a deep gut feeling that something isn’t right, only to be told I was ‘reaching’ or looking for problems. You are not reaching. Your gut is right. She may have changed her ways later down the road, but your observations are valid.”

Joshua responded to another fan who said that “all her jokes are like this,” voicing his agreement.

“Yep. We all sat around while she made that content, not knowing what to do or say. I was complicit and scared to go against her. That makes me just as much of a problem back then too,” he wrote.

Colleen was accused of similar behavior on the set of her Netflix show Haters Back Off by an assistant to the writers and showrunner.

The “blackface” video came amid additional allegations about Colleen gaslighting young fans. Joshua previously weighed in on that controversy, revealing that he stood with the fans.