Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has apologized for various controversial tweets she posted on social media as a teenager.
In an interview published Wednesday, Duwaji expressed regret over her past posts. “I’ve read and seen a lot of what others have had to say in response, and I understand the hurt I caused and am truly sorry,” she said.
When asked about how becoming a public figure has affected her personal life, Duwaji stated that the experience has profoundly changed her. “This experience has absolutely changed my life. I am still figuring out how it applies to me as an artist and as a person, both thinking of the future and the past,” she added.
Duwaji also noted: “It has forced me to confront how much I’ve changed, even before this moment. When a tabloid recently published old tweets I wrote as a teenager, I felt a lot of shame being confronted with language I used that is so harmful to others; being 15 doesn’t excuse it.”
