Olivia Culpo’s sister Sophia Culpo has been accused of racism after making a controversial comment about her new baby niece.
Sophia, 28, took to TikTok with a now-deleted video which showed her cradling the tot – the daughter, and second child, of older brother Pete.
The oldest Culpo sibling married wife Katie Trainor – a Filipino woman – in 2019.
In the caption, Sophia wrote: ‘When the Culpo genes beat out the Asian genes.
‘Say hi to my baby niece Lila!! She looks EXACTLY like my brother, even though she’s Filipino.’
The model swiftly removed the post but not before others took screengrabs of the questionable upload.
One content creator, who shared Sophia’s post using the ‘green-screen’ feature, highlighted the outrage as she explained: ‘I do think she just didn’t realize because she took this down almost immediately.
‘I’m sure the comments were like, “Girl, this is incredibly racist.”
Olivia Culpo’s sister Sophia Culpo has been accused of racism after making a controversial comment about her new baby niece
Sophia, 28, took to TikTok with a now-deleted video which showed her cradling the tot – the daughter, and second child, of older brother Pete
‘But it leads me to think she just didn’t realize she was being racist. Which is just like, what reality do these people live in?
‘I don’t know why I’m not seeing anyone else call this out. I don’t know if this is like soft-launching the racism. I don’t know.’
DailyMail.com has contacted Sophia Culpo’s representatives for comment.
Dozens of other viewers were left equally as outraged by the ‘insane’ caption on her video.
‘Like why would she say that?’ someone questioned.
‘Why would she ever, why, why,’ someone wrote.
‘That’s insane to say,’ a comment read.
‘Uhmmmmm??!’ someone simply wrote, while another said, ‘My mouth dropped.’
The oldest Culpo sibling, Pete, (middle) married wife Katie Trainor (right) – a Filipino woman – in 2019
Sophia has not publicly issued any further comment in light of the backlash
‘There were SO MANY different ways to say, “My niece looks like my brother!”‘ a comment read.
But there were some that rushed to Sophia’s defense, as one stated: ‘Wait, is it racist though? I’m Asian. I’m not offended.’
‘I’m Filipino and I don’t find that racist. The white genes beat out the Filipino genes in my family, and we all say that out loud,’ another said.
‘As a Filipino, I don’t think it was racist. At all lol,’ a comment read.
Sophia has not publicly issued any further comment in light of the backlash.
