Taylor Swift Receives Apology After Billboard Uses Clip From Video That Depicted Her Naked In Wax

Billboard apologized Thursday for a Taylor Swift compilation video that inadvertently showed a clip from a Kanye West video depicting a wax figure that resembled the pop singer naked in bed with him.

“We are deeply sorry to Taylor Swift and all of our readers and viewers for including in a video celebrating Swift's accomplishments a clip that falsely portrayed her,” the magazine wrote on social media early Thanksgiving morning. “We have removed the clip from our video and sincerely regret the harm we have caused with this error.”

A community note on Depicting a nude wax figure recreation of Taylor Swift, among other famous men and women, the clip was revenge porn. It is illegal in most US states. »

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Billboard apologized Thursday for a Taylor Swift compilation video that misrepresented her. (Kate Green/Getty Images)

In his controversial and explicit 2016 music video “Famous,” West not only depicted himself in bed with Swift, his now ex-wife Kim Kardashian, current President-elect Trump, Anna Wintour, Rihanna and others, he also claimed credit for Swift's fame.

“I made that bastard famous,” he raps in the song, also saying, “I feel like me and Taylor could still make love.”

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Billboard had included its video montage, purported to show highlights of Swift's career, on its Instagram page after naming her the second biggest pop star of the 21st century. (Emma McIntyre/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS rights management)

The two musicians have had a strained relationship for 15 years, ever since West interrupted the “Shake it Off” singer's 2009 MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech to suggest that Beyoncé deserved the award more than she did.

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The two musicians have had a strained relationship for 15 years, ever since West interrupted the “Shake it Off” singer's 2009 MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech to suggest that Beyoncé deserved the award more than she did. (Christophe Polk/Getty Images)

Billboard had included its video montage, purported to show highlights of Swift's career, on its Instagram page after naming her the second biggest pop star of the 21st century. No. 1 will be revealed next week.

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Several commenters wrote, “Publicly apologize to Taylor Swift,” before the magazine added the mea culpa in a note on the same Instagram post.

A representative for Swift did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.