The children’s entertainer Ms Rachel has apologised after fans pointed out that she liked an antisemitic comment on Instagram.
Ms Rachel, real name Rachel Griffin Accurso, had shared a now-deleted post that read ‘Free Palestine, Free Sudan, Free Congo, Free Iran’.
However, under the initial post was a comment from another Instagram user that said, ‘Free America from the Jews.’
Followers were quick to point out that the 43-year-old YouTuber had liked the comment and privately messaged her about it.
Following this, Rachel took to Instagram to directly address the issue.
In a video with the caption ‘I’m so broken over this’, Rachel made a tearful apology.
‘So I thought I deleted a comment, and I accidentally hit like and hide,’ she began. ‘I don’t know how or why, but I’ve accidentally liked comments before; it happens, I’m a human who makes mistakes.’
She then apologised for the confusion she’d caused before adding ‘I’m so sorry if anyone thought I’d ever agree with something horrible and antisemitic like that: I don’t.’
During the video, she explained how she would never agree with an antisemitic remark like that comment, saying: ‘We have Jewish family, a lot of my friends are Jewish. I delete antisemitic comments.’
The star then pointed to her private messages as evidence that this was indeed an accident.
‘I have proof because yesterday someone messaged me,’ she explained. ‘There was a comment that [pointed out she had liked the comment], so I sent a message that said “Yes, I saw that and I deleted it” because that’s what I thought happened, and then I said “I hate antisemitism”.’
Metro has approached Ms Rachel’s reps for further comment.
The apology video was met with a mix of reactions. Some believed Ms Rachel’s apology was genuine, including @epistemiccrisis who wrote. ‘I watched like 7 seconds of this video, and I already know it’s 100% an accident.’
Others, however, were less sympathetic, including @sapiragm who commented: ‘If your heart were truly in the right place, you would have spoken out against antisemitism instead of defending yourself and explaining that it was a mistake.’
Aside from her career as a children’s entertainer Ms Rachel has become well-known for her advocacy.
She regularly posts about the war in Gaza and the conditions of those living in the warzone and has called for an end to Israel’s bombing and blockade.
Some groups, however, have claimed that her videos go beyond humanitarian work, most notably the controversial group, StopAntisemitism.
In April 2025, the organisation urged the US attorney general to investigate whether Ms Rachel was operating as a foreign agent who was disseminating Hamas-aligned propaganda to her young followers, which was then reported on by The New York Times.
In response, Ms Rachel told the paper that the accusations were ‘absurd and patently false’.
She added, ‘Caring about children in Gaza is a direct continuation of the work I’ve been doing most of my life. We don’t care about only some of our students because of where those students were born; we care about every one of them.’
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