Neil deGrasse Tyson has weighed in after Demi Lovato said they avoided using the term "aliens" as it's a "derogatory" term.
The renowned astrophysicist challenged the singer's recent comments in an interview with TMZ, saying: "All the aliens I’ve ever met - they have no feelings."
He added: "So to be worried about offending them by calling them an alien… What thinking is going on in the head of a species of life from another planet? I know it's very considerate of [them], but really?"
The scientist went on to say: "When I refer to aliens I, just to be specific, always say 'space aliens' and then what we used to call aliens on earth - undocumented immigrants - that's what the new term is for them. And I'm all in on that."
He then said that he wasn't concerned about what aliens from outer space "feel" and added that they probably wouldn't even understand the term "alien" anyway.
Earlier this week, fans watched as the 29-year-old 'Heart Attack' hitmaker went on a road trip in pursuit of answers about extraterrestrial life in their new TV show, Unidentified with Demi Lovato.
During its four episodes, the singer, their sister, Dallas, and their pal, Matthew Montogomery speak to supposed eyewitnesses, look into top-secret government records, and meet those who say they have been abducted by extraterrestrials.
Promoting their new show, Demi told Australian publication Pedestrian TV of their disliking of the term "aliens".
"I think that we have to stop calling them aliens because aliens is a derogatory term for anything. That's why I like to call them ETs. So yeah, that’s a little tidbit. A little information that I learned." they told the outlet.
Elsewhere in Demi's chat with the publication, they talked about the various misconceptions people have about ETs.
The former Disney star said: "I think the ones that bother me are that they’re harmful or that they’ll come and take over the planet. I really think that if there was anything out there that would want to do that to us, it would have happened by now."
