Rebecca Black has set the record straight on her appearance at Enrique Pea Nieto’s press conference ten years ago. In May 2012, Black, a pop sensation and influencer best known for her 2011 YouTube viral hit “Friday,” was allegedly seen backing Pea Nieto by stating that the candidate, who would become Mexico’s president that December for six years, “was going to do a terrific job.”
However, in a TikTok video broadcast on Sunday to Black’s 942,000 followers, Black explained her side of the tale by casually rapping along to Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl” soundtrack.
Black stated that she and her mother were approached by a “distant family relative” at the time. This relative told Black and her mother, who is a Mexican immigrant living in the United States, that she had a fan club in a Mexican town.
Black stated that they had agreed to meet with this fan club in this small town in Mexico.
“They took us to this gorgeous mansion and then ushered us into a room full of men in suits,” Black claimed, adding that they then sat in front of microphones in front of an audience of around 20 people.
Black stated that her mother functioned as her interpreter while she was asked a series of questions concerning Mexican politics, including her opinion on voting rights and then-candidate for president Pea Nieto. “And I’m thinking: Who? What?” Black stated. In December of that year, Pea Nieto was elected president and thereafter became controversial and mainly unpopular. He was accused of plagiarizing his law thesis while in government and was condemned for ineffective leadership. In September, the attorney general’s office in Mexico opened a money laundering probe into the former president.
Black stated that she had no idea what was going on at the press conference, but “didn’t want to look stupid,” so she answered the questions as best she could.
She stated, “So I’m like, yeah, wonderful, he’s amazing, voting is great, and I’m sure everything will be fine.” “I don’t really know what I’m talking about, but I’m 14 years old.”
Black reported that she and her mother then boarded a trip home. Before takeoff, she scrolled through Twitter and saw various articles about her and how she had “supported the Mexican presidential candidate.”
“I see that my entire family was just duped into endorsing the Mexican presidential candidate by this distant relative who worked on his presidential campaign,” Black stated. “The world believes I did it when I was 14 years old, but I’ve never heard of this man in my entire life.”
Insider has sought reaction from Black’s representatives.