Diplo says his controversial tweet to 'get Taylor Swift a booty' was 'sarcasm' and the backlash was 'strange'

• Diplo addressed his 2014 tweet, "Someone should make a kickstarter to get taylor swift a booty."
• Making fun of artists online "really came back to hurt me in the end," he told Input magazine.

Diplo recently addressed his nearly decade-old tweet about Taylor Swift, in which he seemed to insult her for being thin.

"Someone should make a kickstarter to get taylor swift a booty," the EDM star wrote in 2014. He also followed up with an actual link to a fundraising site.

Although Diplo never deleted or apologized for the tweet, in a recent interview with Input, he said that making fun of other artists online "really came back to hurt me in the end."

"When I first started using social media, it was a big joke for me," he explained. "On Twitter, I was an unabashedly crazy person. And I didn't realize that there was power in those words."

Diplo's tweet received widespread backlash because it was seen as body-shaming the "Shake It Off" singer. (Swift later revealed in her Netflix documentary "Miss Americana" that she was suffering from an eating disorder at the time.)

He was also chastised by Swift's friend Lorde, who replied, "should we do something about your tiny penis while we're at it hm."

Diplo told Input that he thought his "huge beefs" with Swift and Lorde were "so funny," but now sees the fallout as "strange."

"People hold you accountable for your Twitter in such a strange way. It's not real life," he said. "Sarcasm doesn't come through on social media."

Diplo said his current social-media philosophy is to just "be silly." He also said he might delete his Instagram soon because it's "so time-consuming."