The term is sometimes used to humiliate people who have cerebral palsy with spasticity. The word was “not intentionally used in a harmful way,” a spokesperson for the singer told the BBC know, and it “shall be replaced in the text.”
Among others, the charity Scope, which is committed to acceptance of people with disabilities, asked Beyoncé to re-record the song. “Words are important because they reinforce the negative attitudes that people with disabilities face on a daily basis,” media manager Warren Kirwan said earlier.
American singer Lizzo apologized a few weeks ago for using the same word in the song GRRRLS. She understood “the power that words can have,” in her case “unintentionally.” She also re-released the song without the term.
