Singer  Gwen Stefani  is facing backlash for a statement she made in a recent interview.  Speaking with  Allure magazine , the 53-year-old singer described her love of  Japanese  culture and said, “My God, I’m Japanese and I didn’t know it.” The Italian American singer made the bold statement when Allure senior editor Jesa Marie Calaor asked her to speak on  cultural appropriation  accusations she received during her Harajuku era. She told the outlet, “If [people are] going to criticize me for being a fan of something beautiful and sharing that, then I just think that doesn’t feel right.” “I think it was a beautiful time of creativity…a time of the ping-pong match between  Harajuku  culture and American culture. [It] should be okay to be inspired by other cultures because if we’re not allowed then that’s dividing people, right?” Stefani said. Stefani added that her father sparked her love of the culture after sharing stories of his travels to Japan. She claimed he told her about the...