Hilary Duff Apologises For Extraordinarily Tone Deaf Halloween Costume

Which brings us to Hilary Duff, who has somehow found herself immune to the important conversations about cultural appropriation and white privilege that are going on literally all the time.

She and her boyfriend Jason Walsh marked their first red carpet appearance together – at the annual Casamigos Tequila Halloween bash in Beverly Hills thrown by George Clooney, Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman – in a cutesy-vomit couples costume consisting of one Native American (Walsh) and one Sexy Pilgrim (Duff).

Yikes.

The public were pretty mad, not least because it comes as the months-long protest by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota against a proposed oil pipeline that would run near their reservation comes to a head.

No @HilaryDuff Traditional dress is not a costume and you being dressed as a pilgrim proves to me how insensitive and ignorant you are. https://t.co/0NvP6DD79I

— LOOKING FOR CL’S EP (@hahannah14) October 29, 2016

.@HilaryDuff on any given day this is disgusting but considering what literally JUST happened at #NODAPL this is especially evil

— fadumo (@faaaadumo) October 29, 2016

@HilaryDuff your halloween costume is ignorant and incredibly disappointing. Come on lizzy mcguire… Feel like Gordo would’ve stopped this

— Emily (@ejlouws) October 30, 2016

Yeah, where we YOU, mate?

Duff has now fronted up and apologised for the costumes, admitting that “it was not properly thought through.”

I am SO sorry to people I offended with my costume.It was not properly thought through and I am truly, from the bottom of my ??sorry.

— Hilary Duff (@HilaryDuff) October 30, 2016

If you’ve seen the recent apology from Chris Hemsworth for his Native American costume over New Years, that was also in relation to the Standing Rock protests, where the tribe has been protesting since April against the $3.7 billion pipeline that would move 470,000 barrels of domestic crude oil a day through four state.

They’ve been joined by hundreds of non-Native American allies from across the country, plus protesters from around the world – including Australia – fighting against what they see as an environmental threat and an assault on sacred land.

The biggest confrontation of the protest, which has at times turned violent, came last Thursday, when police used rubber bullets, pepper spray and water cannons to disperse the protesters, arresting 141 people in total.

Standing with those who are fighting to protect their sacred land and water. #nodapl #waterislife #mniwiconi @taikawaititi I would also like to take this opportunity to raise something that has been bothering me for sometime. Last New Year’s Eve I was at a “Lone Ranger” themed party where some of us, myself included, wore the traditional dress of First Nations people. I was stupidly unaware of the offence this may have caused and the sensitivity around this issue. I sincerely and unreservedly apologise to all First Nations people for this thoughtless action. I now appreciate that there is a great need for a deeper understanding of the complex and extensive issues facing indigenous communities. I hope that in highlighting my own ignorance I can help in some small way.

A photo posted by Chris Hemsworth (@chrishemsworth) on Oct 27, 2016 at 6:49pm PDT

Photo: Getty / Michael Kovac.