Robert Pattinson‘s rumored girlfriend, singer FKA twigs, is reporting a disturbing “amount of racism” being hurled at her through Twitter comments since the couple’s relationship gained publicity earlier this month.
“I am genuinely shocked and disgusted at the amount of racism that has been infecting my account the past week,” the 26-year-old English singer-songwriter, whose real name is Tahliah Debrett Barnett, tweeted Sunday. “Racism is unacceptable in the real world and it’s unacceptable online.”
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Twigs, one of Billboard‘s “14 Artists to Watch in 2014,” is of Jamaican and Spanish descent.