Meghan Trainor apologizes for saying 'F teachers' on her podcast: 'It's not how I feel'

• Meghan Trainor apologized on TikTok after facing backlash for saying "fuck teachers" on her podcast.
• Trainor made the comment during a conversation about homeschooling her kids.

Meghan Trainor has apologized for saying "fuck teachers" on her podcast amid widespread backlash on TikTok.

The "Mother" singer came under fire for her comments about educators in the April 19 episode of her podcast "Workin' On It," which is hosted by Trainor and her brother Ryan.

The episode, titled "Workin' On Motherhood Pt. 2," featured a conversation with YouTuber Trisha Paytas, which touched on their kids.

While the podcast episode appears to have now been edited to remove the moment, a clip from it shared by TikToker and teacher @galsgotmoxie over the weekend went viral and drew attention to Trainor's controversial comment.

The conversation began with Trainor saying that she'd be homeschooling her kids.

"Everyone on TikTok does. They're like, 'This is what it's like to have a kid in a school in America. I have a bulletproof backpack.' Fuck all that," Trainor said, referring to the epidemic of deadly school shootings in the United States.

Paytas added that kids and teachers "can be mean," noting that teachers were their "trauma" when they were in school.

"Teachers! Fuck teachers, dude," Trainor responded.

In a TikTok video, which was posted on Sunday and thanked @galsgotmoxie in the caption for bringing attention to her comments, Trainor apologized to "teachers of TikTok" and "teachers of the world" for her "careless" remark.

"I recently said 'F teachers' on a podcast, and it's not how I feel," Trainor began. "I was fired up because we were talking about how sending your kid to school here in America is so horrific and what all of us have to go through — but especially teachers — is not normal and not okay."

Trainor said that she was also reacting to Paytas' negative history with teachers and the experiences her own husband, "Spy Kids" star and former child actor Daryl Sabara, had with his teachers, as well as having been bullied by teachers herself.

"So in that moment I got angry and said 'F teachers, F those specific human beings back in the day.' But I did not mean that to all teachers," she said.

The singer, who's currently expecting her second child with Sabara, ended her TikTok by stressing her love for teachers and promising to be "more careful" with her words.

"I love teachers, I fight for teachers, I think they have the hardest job and they're the most underpaid. They're the most unappreciated when they literally raise all of us," Trainor said. "I don't want to make excuses, I'm just so sorry. I'm so sorry to any teachers who I made feel bad."

Representatives for Trainor didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.