During an audition, Lana was asked to be more like Hello Kitty, which she immediately called out as a racist comment. In an interview with Variety, she expressed her issues with this request. "As a woman, I'm like, 'One, you want me to be more like Hello Kitty, but she doesn't have a voice.' That's so insulting to me." Lana has displayed an openness to talking about race in interviews, explaining and exposing racism against Asian actors and actresses in the industry.