Netizens react on Simon Cowell's alleged 'racist' comments on 4th Impact

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - The popular singing competition X Factor UK is facing another controversy as Simon Cowell made a 'racist' comments to Filipino girl group 4th Impact on Saturday's 5th live shows.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcaSOs-ibrHqJByBtfhQgW8zDJfuP0zLBTBMesVMkJ4JY5gEljVmmkqEHcgiJHExfTsIWCYrKrqFA4q2munmH_VKXX2smD3hNiQsiYBl0pXlcj3ZC76CL9vafQtYFcL52Erx9ZwEEOUMz/s1600/simon-cowell-4th-impact.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Simon Cowell's alleged 'racist' comments on 4th Impact" border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcaSOs-ibrHqJByBtfhQgW8zDJfuP0zLBTBMesVMkJ4JY5gEljVmmkqEHcgiJHExfTsIWCYrKrqFA4q2munmH_VKXX2smD3hNiQsiYBl0pXlcj3ZC76CL9vafQtYFcL52Erx9ZwEEOUMz/s640/simon-cowell-4th-impact.jpg" title="Simon Cowell's alleged 'racist' comments on 4th Impact" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simon Cowell called 4th Impact members 'A and B' prompting fury from netizens</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Netizens reacted to Simon Cowell's remarks after he referred to members of Pinay group as 'A' and 'B', with many on Twitter branding the judge a "racist" and "rude."<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">How on earth is simon cowell racist for not knowing the names of 4 sisters (whatever their race) who are the image of eachother <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/somepeople?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#somepeople</a></div>— Danielle Tebbitt (@danielletebbitt) <a href="https://twitter.com/danielletebbitt/status/670750396823023616" rel="nofollow">November 28, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Racist Simon Cowell these women have names they are not A B C D. How bloody rude! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/XFactor?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#XFactor</a></div>— dianedalziel (@deedeegy) <a href="https://twitter.com/deedeegy/status/670698938425614336" rel="nofollow">November 28, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">God forbid <a href="https://twitter.com/SimonCowell" rel="nofollow">@SimonCowell</a> could differentiate between 4 Asian girls with long hair on <a href="https://twitter.com/TheXFactor" rel="nofollow">@TheXFactor</a> . Racist much</div>— Sarah Cheung (@scheungster) <a href="https://twitter.com/scheungster/status/670698782787522560" rel="nofollow">November 28, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Is Simon Cowell saying they all look the same? Racist. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/thexfactor?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#thexfactor</a></div>— LauraLeastLikelyTo (@hearmeplaypiano) <a href="https://twitter.com/hearmeplaypiano/status/668164570230480897" rel="nofollow">November 21, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />The mogul called band member Almira Cercado as "B" after their Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" performance. The girl group's mentor Cheryl Fernandez-Versini said he was out of line for not remembering their names.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yh8cVB8cRUc" width="600"></iframe></center><br />Speaking to 4th Impact, he said: "I was really dreading it and then you started to sing and everything changed, because vocally, that was, and B, you were absolutely..."<br /><br />Pointing to the band members he was talking about (Mylene and Almira), Cowell explained: "A, B. B, your vocal was absolutely outstanding at parts."<br /><br /><b>RELATED STORY</b><br /><a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2015/11/video-4th-impact-sings-jackson-5-hit-morphs-tofancy-dolls-x-factor-uk.html" rel="nofollow">VIDEO: 4th Impact sings Jackson 5 hit, morphs to fancy dolls on X Factor UK</a><br /><br />On their second song performance, Cowell was shocked as 4th Impact added "SIMON!! Remember my name" on the last few lines of their "Fancy"/"Rich Girl" version. The controversial judge and Cheryl gave them a standing ovation after the powerful act.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3U1i-Z3PyNg" width="600"></iframe></center><br />However, some netizens simply thought his comments were fine, saying "he wasn't racist at all."<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/SimonCowell" rel="nofollow">@SimonCowell</a> is NOT racist... he's just trying to be funny😉... unfortunately, people are so damn sensitive these days🙄 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/XFactor?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#XFactor</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/4thImpact?src=hash" rel="nofollow">#4thImpact</a></div>— Laurel Winner (@LaurelWinner) <a href="https://twitter.com/LaurelWinner/status/670742760970969092" rel="nofollow">November 28, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">Omg the people calling Simon cowell racist are ridiculous 😂 the girls didn't get offended so why are you?!</div>— a b b y (@_abbyrobinson) <a href="https://twitter.com/_abbyrobinson/status/670740247416807425" rel="nofollow">November 28, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en">I do not see why everyone is slating <a href="https://twitter.com/SimonCowell" rel="nofollow">@SimonCowell</a> he did not say anything wrong to <a href="https://twitter.com/4thImpactMusic" rel="nofollow">@4thImpactMusic</a> and was not at all racist towards them 😡</div>— Jake Armitage (@JakeArmitage1) <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeArmitage1/status/670731571243143169" rel="nofollow">November 28, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />Last week, Cowell challenged the group composed of Almira, Mylene, Irene and Celina to reveal their individuality though he was impressed on their performance.<br /><br />On his Twitter post, he said: "Hello. I really liked X Factor last night. We have some great talent and I can't call who will leave the show tonight."<br /><br />Do you think 4th Impact will continue their dream on X Factor UK despite this controversial episode?</div>

Netizens react on Simon Cowell's alleged 'racist' comments on 4th Impact

MANILA, Philippines - The popular singing competition X Factor UK is facing another controversy as Simon Cowell made a 'racist' com...

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