Zoella apologises for tweets about gay men and 'fat chavs'

Youtube star Zoella has apologised after old posts emerged from her Twitter account mocking gay men and "fat chavs".

Fans discovered messages on the stars account from 2010 in which she said she found it "funny when gay men spit" and described an X Factor contestant as a “fat chav”.

One of the now deleted tweets read: "I find it funny when gay men spit… it’s like they’re trying to be a bit macho but never works…"

The vlogger, whose real name is Zoe Sugg, apparently deleted the tweets after fans began drawing attention to them.

Zoella remained silent on the matter, despite many people calling for an apology, before breaking her silence on Wednesday.

She said that she was “sorry if she had offended anyone” and that she no longer uses such language.

Posting on Twitter, she wrote: “I’ve seen a few of my old tweets from 7/8 years ago floating around (which I have now deleted) using words like ‘chav’ ‘skank’ and other words I wouldn’t use now as part of my language and lot of them were taken out of context referring to TV shows but I would never say those things now and I’m sorry if I have offended anyone, that was not my intention.

“Obviously that is not who I am today and I’d like to think I’m a little older and wiser!

“I’m not perfect and I’ve never claimed to be, I’m only human!” she added.

This news follows reports that high street retailer Boots have dropped the price of the Youtube star’s beauty advent calendar from £50 to £25, after many claimed that it was overpriced.