Samantha Bee apologizes to Ivanka Trump for using vulgar slur


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Samantha Bee is apologizing after referring to Ivanka Trump with a vulgar word on her TBS comedy show.


“I would like to sincerely apologize to Ivanka Trump and to my viewers for using an expletive on my show to describe her last night,” Bee said Thursday afternoon.


“It was inappropriate and inexcusable. I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it.”





Earlier in the day, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders called Bee’s language “vile and vicious” and said executives at TBS and corporate parent Time Warner “must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned.”


Bee used the slur in urging Ivanka Trump, left, to speak to her father about policies that separate children from their parents. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)


Bee called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c–t” toward the end of a segment about U.S. President Trump’s immigration policies on her show, Full Frontal, on Wednesday. She used the slur in urging Ivanka Trump to speak to her father about policies that separate children from their parents.


Bee said, “Put on something tight and low-cut and tell your father to f–king stop it.”


There was no immediate comment from TBS on Thursday.


Compared to Roseanne


Coming two days after ABC cancelled Roseanne following a racist tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, Bee’s remark was immediately seized upon by conservatives who believe that offensive language by liberals is not viewed as harshly.


Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary under President George W. Bush, tweeted that there’s a double standard in action when you compare the mainstream media’s reactions between the two events.


“There’s no uprising against Bee,” Fleischer wrote.


“Why? Because she is a liberal. Because the MSM protects Obama and his aides, but not Trump. The hypocrisy is sickening.”






Canadian comedian and host Bee, formerly at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, got her own show at TBS, and it’s one of the network’s biggest successes.


Bee’s TBS show Full Frontal has been one of the network’s biggest successes. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)


Bee’s commentary is likely to be a corporate headache. Time Warner, which owns channels including TBS, CNN and HBO, is in the process of being acquired by ATT for $85 billion US.


The Justice Department has sued to block the deal, however, due to monopoly concerns, and a decision on whether or not it will proceed is expected June 12.



Article source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cigarettes-health-warning-1.4685609?cmp=rss


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