Sophie Turner Racial Slur Joe Jonas Trainer Video

Update: Turner's rep has responded to Refinery29's request for comment with a statement from the actress.

"I used the word 'motherf*ckers' in a recent video posted in an Instagram story and not a hateful racial slur that has been suggested," Turner said in the statement provided to Refinery29. "I am incredibly upset that anyone would think otherwise, and I want to make it clear that I would never use such an abhorrent word."

This story was originally published at 11:10 a.m. EDT.

A video of Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas at the gym went viral on Tuesday morning, and it wasn't for a good reason. The account that posted the video, @gameofupdates, claimed that it shows Turner using a racial slur.

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NEW: sophie turner says the n word casually and laughs about it and this marks the end of this updates account :) pic.twitter.com/N6pS330vaw
— game of thrones news (@gameofupdates) May 9, 2017

The video shows someone who appears to be a personal trainer with Jonas and Turner at the gym. It looks like it was originally posted as an Instagram story before a tipster sent it to the @gameofupdates Twitter account. "Look who came today," the man says in the video, moving the camera to show the couple. Turner then addresses the camera, which is where things get sticky.

Some Twitter users, like the original poster, believe Turner used a racial slur. But others believe her words are being misinterpreted, and that she's saying "What's up, motherf*ckers?"

The video isn't the best quality, so it's difficult to make out exactly what she's saying. But that didn't stop Twitter from having plenty of opinions.

There were plenty of Twitter users who were adamant that, yes, Turner did use a slur. Some fans declared her canceled and even "unstanned." People took to Turner's Instagram account to leave comments of disapproval, too.

Let me pop some popcorn before I watch Sophie Turner get Black Twitter hands. https://t.co/MEHBnqQmDy
— P'Challa MacKenzie (@pfunk1130) May 9, 2017

@gameofupdates CANCELLEDT pic.twitter.com/Vcy43Lm3rB
— edgar allen hoe ?? (@saintsoap) May 9, 2017

@gameofupdates Shameful! I thought she'd be better than this! Hope she'll not get anymore roles since this is a bad example to the children!
— ざっち (@zatti07) May 9, 2017

@gameofupdates @__Dutch pic.twitter.com/c1QwJxDcWW
— smooch it worse. (@lephreaux) May 9, 2017

Others attacked Jonas.

sophie turner saying the n word so casually and joe jonas laughing about it really says something
— samar (@gyllenhaaaal) May 9, 2017

sophie turner, a Caucasian, said the n word in a video while joe jonas, another Caucasian, laughed about it? pic.twitter.com/36T3acAumb
— m (@jeonromantics) May 9, 2017

Sophie Turner cancelled. Joe Jonas cancelled. That other Caucasian who was laughing cancelled. I SAID WHAT I SAID pic.twitter.com/xa6h4AyncW
— destiny (@loveslikefire) May 9, 2017

@gameofupdates I thought Joe Jonas would be above dating such a nasty person!...can't imagine his grandpa (he's black) would be proud of this.
— Michelle (@PiperOMallory) May 9, 2017

And a number of people defended the notion that Turner was saying "motherf*ckers" and didn't use the slur at all.

@gyllenhaaaal She said mothafuckaaa if you listen and joe didn't laugh it was the guy holding the camera
— Howto Rob (@howtorob45) May 9, 2017

@PiperOMallory @gameofupdates She said mothafuckaa and ppl misheard it
— Howto Rob (@howtorob45) May 9, 2017

i can't stand sophie turner but didn't she say 'motherfucka'?
— theodosia (@isolaconstance) May 9, 2017

@tbyariana @downhalsey @Alice_Horan96 @gameofupdates Yo does it not sound like muthafuckaaa to u guys a little?
— hafsa (@hafsa_m98) May 9, 2017

@gameofupdates @reysIight Not trying to excuse her if it's true but to me it sounded like muthafuckaaa listen again
— hafsa (@hafsa_m98) May 9, 2017

@gameofupdates She definitely says "wassup muthafuggaaaas"
— Grant Bradley (@JNCO_suave) May 9, 2017

@gameofupdates She definitely says mothafuckaaaa. It's just really fast.
— Sansa Stark. (@LadyLemonCakes) May 9, 2017

@gameofupdates i am not condoning her action if she actually did say it but it sounded like she said mothafucka..
— ara✨ (@sointogyu) May 9, 2017

@gameofupdates She said wassup motherfuckaaaa
— Howto Rob (@howtorob45) May 9, 2017

@gameofupdates she's def saying 'wassup mothaf*cka'
— dana (@tcnysrhodey) May 9, 2017

@gameofupdates She said mathafaka, delete this video and your account
— Rae ? (@WhoTfIsRae) May 9, 2017

@gameofupdates She said "what's up muthafuckkaaa". Come on yall
— ㅤ (@DRAGTHATRAT) May 9, 2017

Still, others refused to take a side, since it's pretty difficult to make out the audio from the clip.

i dont even like sophie turner but what the fuck is she saying in the video is she saying the n word or motherfucker i cant even tell
— ari // pinned (@HJACKMANS) May 9, 2017

Now that I listened to it a few times, Sophie Turner could be saying "motherfucker" in that video. But idk. ??
— Ella ღ (@FentyLKnowles) May 9, 2017

Until Turner or Jonas, or the man who appears to have filmed the clip, themselves weigh in, we can't know for sure what was being said. After Twitter users pointed out that Turner may not have used the slur, the original poster shared a response to the backlash on Twitter.

pic.twitter.com/x7SoMFIMRe
— game of thrones news (@gameofupdates) May 9, 2017

personally i heard the n word, due to the hard 'g', and that the guy who posted it deleted it but i can also hear how it sounds like 'mf'
— game of thrones news (@gameofupdates) May 9, 2017