RiceGum addressed the situation in a video yesterday, reiterating that he was joking the entire time and pointing to American comedy culture as an defense.
“Chinese people are hating on Fortnite Items me right now, and it’s like, I’m Chinese also,” RiceGum said. “In the American culture, I watch like black comedians make jokes about black stereotypes. White people make white jokes and hispanic people make hispanic jokes, and I thought because I’m Asian, I was allowed to make these Asian stereotype jokes.”
RiceGum also touched upon Fortnite Items for sale asking strangers, “Where are the hoes at” and, “Where are the bitches at,” once again defending it as a joke.
“It’s such a random question to ask an elderly stranger,” RiceGum said. “And two, in America, it’s like slang. Thots and hoes and bitches, it’s like girls, not actual prostitutes.”