YouTube star Ms. Rachel apologizes after antisemitic comment accusation

YouTube star ‘Ms. Rachel’ posted an emotional apology video on Wednesday after by chance liking an anti-Semitic touch upon Instagram.

Rachel Griffin Accurso, who rose to fame creating academic movies for youngsters, has greater than 18.6 million subscribers on YouTube, together with practically 9 million TikTok followers and practically 5 million on Instagram.

The controversy began after Accurso appeared to love an anti-Semitic remark underneath certainly one of her Instagram posts that learn “Free America from the Jews.” A person later seen the interplay and contacted her through direct message.

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Ms. Rachel is pictured making an look on the TODAY present on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. (Nathan Congleton/NBC through Getty Pictures)

“I’d by no means agree with one thing as anti-Semitic as this remark,” Accurso mentioned throughout a speech apology video posted to her TikTok Wednesday.

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She defined that the remark was preferred “by chance” and famous that she is a human who “makes errors.” Accurso mentioned she tried to delete the remark underneath her put up, liking it as an alternative.

“I am so sorry for the confusion it induced. I’m so sorry if anybody thought I’d ever agree with one thing so horrible and anti-Semitic,” Accurso mentioned, crying.

She added at one level: “I hate anti-Semitism” and that it’s human to make errors.

The New York Post reported that the remark appeared underneath a put up of a press release from Accurso’s notes app that learn: “Free Palestine, Free Sudan, Free Congo, Free Iran.”

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Whereas many commenters provided help, others questioned why such feedback appeared on her web page within the first place. The incident comes as Accurso’s political messages are receiving rising consideration on-line.

Rachel Griffin Accurso attends the 2025 Glamor Ladies Of The Yr Awards at The Plaza Resort in New York Metropolis on November 4, 2025.

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Ms. Rachel has been outspoken about her help for youngsters in Gaza and has spoken out towards the battle between Israel and Hamas. At Glamour’s Ladies of the Yr Awards 2025, she wore a costume with drawings of youngsters in Gaza.

In December, she was appointed to New York Metropolis Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inaugural committee. On Sunday, Mamdani appeared with Accurso in a video discussing his proposals for common childcare and free buses.

The social media star’s musical YouTube movies, geared toward language growth in younger youngsters, have racked up billions of views and made her a global celeb.

Ms. Rachel was interviewed final yr by far-left, anti-Israel journalist Mehdi Hasan, the place she mentioned her advocacy for youngsters in Gaza. She mentioned her outspokenness towards them didn’t imply she didn’t additionally care about Israeli or different youngsters.

“It is unhappy that individuals attempt to make it controversial while you converse out for youngsters who’re coping with immeasurable struggling. I feel it must be controversial to say nothing,” Accurso mentioned on the time. “The concept that caring for a bunch of youngsters in an emergency state of affairs means not caring about different youngsters is wrong.”