Demi Lovato becomes the subject of Twitter outrage after tweeting that she’s “1% African”

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 15: Singer Demi Lovato attends The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Dan MacMedan/WireImage)

Demi Lovato announced on Twitter the results of her DNA and ancestry test and was excited to learn that she’s 1 percent African. Her fellow Twitter users, however, were not as enthusiastic about the news as she was.

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“I did a DNA test and found out I’m mainly Spanish, with Native American, SCANDINAVIAN (which I had NO idea), Irish, BRITISH….” she wrote. “And I’m 1% African!!!!”

She then shared a screen shot of her results and was bombarded with angry replies.

“And 100% idiot!!!!! lol!” one person said.

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The star responded to all the hate by saying, “Just thought it was cool and totally random. Some of y’all are mean af. Twitter sucks.”

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