Not on brand! Liberal soccer star Megan Rapinoe under fire for 'Asian eyes' tweet about ex-teammate one day after being named face of newly woke Victoria's Secret
By Dailymail.com Reporter and Afp 20:55 EDT 18 Jun 2021
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● Liberal soccer star Megan Rapinoe has come under fire after a tweet she made more than 10 years was revealed
● In the tweet, Rapinoe mocked someone for looking 'Asian' because of their eyes
● Rapinoe, the new face of Victoria's Secret, had reportedly made the tweet to former professional soccer player and Olympic gold medalist Natasha Kai
● Kai is of Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino and Caucasian heritage
● The account believed to have belonged to Kai, 38, no longer exists and it remains unclear what the tweet Rapinoe was responding to included
Liberal soccer star Megan Rapinoe has come under fire after a tweet she made more than 10 years was revealed in which she mocked someone for looking 'Asian' because of their eyes.
Rapinoe, the new face of Victoria's Secret, had reportedly made the tweet to former professional soccer player and Olympic gold medalist Natasha Kai - who is of Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino and Caucasian heritage, according to Sports Room.
'u look asian with those closed eyes!' Rapinoe, 35, wrote in the May 19, 2011 tweet.