Once the picture started gaining traction online, Emma heard people out, deleted it, and apologized. expressed her disappointment in the post, writing "As an asian I am quite uncomfortable with this, our eyes are not a trend," , saying, "Personally as an asian, Emma Chamberlain’s post made me uncomfortable.
The whole “fox eye” trend isn’t cute in general. People have been slanting their eyes as a way to mock asians for years and I’ve literally had people purposely slant their eyes when I tell them I’m asian."Emma issued an apology on Twitter and said it wasn't her intention to mock anyone."Its come to my attention that some thought I was posing in an insensitive way in my recent Instagram post," she wrote.