The vaccine backlash led to the recirculation of claims that Von D and her husband are anti-Semitic.
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In 2008, TMZ reported that Kat Von D allegedly wrote an anti-Semitic autograph to her “Miami Ink” costar Ami James. There have been no witnesses to the message being written, in accordance with the publication, although fellow costar Chris Garver informed TMZ that Von D handed him the picture. TLC — the community that hosted Von D’s actuality present — investigated the matter on the time, and Von D referred to as the autograph a “forgery,” in accordance with TMZ.
On the time, TLC informed TMZ that Von D “vehemently denied authoring the textual content” and {that a} “full investigation was instantly performed.” It decided that “inadequate proof existed to conclude that she had” written the autograph, and “no disciplinary motion was taken,” as TLC informed the publication in 2008. Representatives for the community didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark.
Her model, then again, launched a pink lipstick called “Selektion” — a German phrase for choice used by Nazis — in 2015, and Von D compared animal slaughter to the Holocaust in a 2017 Fb put up, a lot to the dismay of many viewers.
The TMZ article and related examples had been broadly recirculated in 2019, as some individuals argued that criticism against Von D’s stance on vaccinations was hypocritical when the same was not shared in response to claims of her being anti-Semitic.
In response, Von D filmed a YouTube video in March of that 12 months titled “I am NOT a nazi. I am NOT anti-vaxx.”
She mentioned within the 11-minute video that an unnamed “Miami Ink” costar felt “threatened” by her reputation and robust girls whereas she was nonetheless on the present. Von D mentioned that on the time, this costar sabotaged her tattoo tools, despatched her inappropriate photographs, touched her with out her consent, and later used the anti-Semitic autograph, which Von D mentioned was cast, within the hopes of canceling her spin-off present.
As Remezcla previously reported, many viewers took problem with the video, as Von D didn’t point out key cases of alleged anti-Semitism — like when her former boyfriend dressed up as a Nazi whereas they had been courting, and the swastika tattoo her husband has (which he says shouldn’t be German or “political”) on his neck.
