Amy Shark has apologised after a TikTok video in which she appeared to ‘baby shame’ a mother during a flight went viral.
The clip sparked widespread backlash, and, on Tuesday, the 39-year-old Australian Idol judge – real name Amy Louise Billings, issued an apology.
‘So sorry guys, I’m gonna f**k up like this my whole life, just so you know,’ she began in the Instagram Stories post.
‘But I’m really sorry to all the mums. I f**king love mums, I love babies,’ she continued.
‘When you don’t have kids, you see a crying baby behind you as a funny situation.
‘But I know now, it’s not a funny situation at all.’
Amy Shark (pictured) has apologised after a TikTok video in which she appeared to ‘baby shame’ a mother during a flight went viral
In the clip, the singer is seen getting impatient with the loud crying of an infant seated nearby.
At one point, the hitmaker can be seen pouting into the camera as the baby loudly screams. She captioned the video with a sarcastic ‘yay’.
Some of Amy’s followers took to the comments section to call out the Aussie singer.
‘Damn that’s rude of you,’ wrote one, while another said: ‘That’s pretty unkind?’
‘I understand it’s frustrating to hear, but the pure anxiety of trying everything to settle your baby on a plane and failing is awful,’ wrote another before going on to criticise Amy.
‘Parents aren’t ignoring it, they’re overwhelmed. This video is sh**ty.’
‘As a mum flying with a baby soon, videos like this just increase anxiety for parents who are already trying their best,’ commented another person.
Many people showed sympathy for the mother, with one person telling Amy: ‘Maybe offer to help,’ while another said: ‘Imagine how stressed out that poor mama is feeling.’
In the clip, the singer is seen getting impatient with the loud crying of an infant seated nearby
‘So sorry guys, I’m gonna f**k up like this my whole life, just so you know,’ she began in the Instagram Stories post
Others pointed out that Amy appeared to be wearing expensive noise cancelling headphones and were baffled as to why she even cared about the crying.
‘Oh what, your 1k headphones not cancelling the noise? one wrote.
Another asked: ‘So your noise cancelling headphones don’t work?’
Meanwhile, one seemed to suggest that Amy intended the post to be humorous, asking the star: ‘That didn’t land the way you thought it would, hey?’
Another seemed to agree that the post was a misfired joke, commenting: ‘I did not expect this from you at all.
‘I’m trying to figure out if you did this as satire or [if] you’ve changed?’
