matthew.
Staff member
He/Him
New Year, New Harajuku-gate for Gwen!
https://www.allure.com/story/gwen-stefani-japanese-harajuku-lovers-interview
Me, I am, stunned dd.
https://www.allure.com/story/gwen-stefani-japanese-harajuku-lovers-interview
I spent 32 minutes in conversation with Stefani, many of them devoted to her lengthy answer to my question about Harajuku Lovers. In that time, she said more than once that she is Japanese. Allure’s social media associate (who is Asian and Latina) was also present for the interview and we were left questioning what we had heard. Maybe she misspoke? Again and again? During our interview, Stefani asserted twice that she was Japanese and once that she was "a little bit of an Orange County girl, a little bit of a Japanese girl, a little bit of an English girl." Surely, she didn’t mean it literally or she didn’t know what she was saying? (A representative for Stefani reached out the next day, indicating that I had misunderstood what Stefani was trying to convey. Allure later asked Stefani’s team for an on-the-record comment or clarification of these remarks and they declined to provide a statement or participate in a follow-up interview.)
Me, I am, stunned dd.