RELATED STORIES Chris Harrison, who has hosted The Bachelor for 25 seasons, is used to putting the reality show’s stars and contestants in the hot seat. But thanks to some comments he made in a recent interview with Rachel Lindsay, the franchise’s first Black Bachelorette, now he is feeling the heat of public opinion and […]
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Fringe’s Jasika Nicole: Running Joke About Astrid’s Name Was ‘Tasteless’ — John Noble Apologizes for Role In It
RELATED STORIES Seven-and-a-half years after Fringe‘s end, Jasika Nicole has shared that as “a black woman with a name that white people seem to find incredibly difficult to pronounce,” she found the running joke about Astrid’s name to be “pretty tasteless.” As fans of the acclaimed Fox sci-fi series know, John Noble’s Dr. Walter Bishop […]
Baseball Announcer Thom Brennaman Apologizes On-Air, Abruptly Exits Game After Using Homophobic Slur — Watch
Longtime baseball announcer Thom Brennaman offered an apology during Wednesday’s broadcast of a Cincinnati Reds game after a hot mic caught him using a homophobic slur. Brennaman, who works as the Reds’ play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports Ohio, was heard during Wednesday’s Reds game referring to “one of the f-g capitals of the world,” using […]
Nick Cannon Apologizes For Anti-Semitic Comments; Fox Weighs In on Masked Singer Host’s Future
RELATED STORIES Nick Cannon says he has had a change of heart. The host of Fox’s The Masked Singer tweeted Wednesday evening that he was sorry for anti-Semitic comments he made during an episode of his videotaped podcast, Cannon’s Class and that he offered “my deepest and most sincere apologies to my Jewish sisters and brothers […]
Jimmy Kimmel Apologizes for Using Blackface to Impersonate Karl Malone
RELATED STORIES Jimmy Kimmel has issued an apology for a recurring Man Show sketch in which he used blackface to impersonate NBA player Karl Malone. “I have long been reluctant to address this, as I knew doing so would be celebrated as a victory by those who equate apologies with weakness and cheer for leaders […]
Ink Master Judge Oliver Peck, Under Fire for Blackface Halloween Costumes, Apologizes for ‘Insensitive’ Behavior
Ink Master judge Oliver Peck has apologized for his wearing of blackface costumes, as seen in photos that recently surfaced on TMZ. In personal photos that apparently used to live on Peck’s old MySpace page, the onetime husband of Kat Von D is seen in brown face and arm makeup, dressed as a basketball player […]
GMA’s Lara Spencer Apologizes On-Air for Mocking Prince George’s Ballet Lessons: ‘My Comment Was Stupid and Insensitive’
RELATED STORIES Lara Spencer is not finished apologizing. The embattled Good Morning America co-host — who drew fire last week for mocking six-year-old Prince George’s interest in ballet — followed up her recent social media mea culpa with a formal on-air apology during Monday’s GMA. “I screwed up,” Spencer told viewers. “The comment I made about dance was […]
Kevin Hart steps down from hosting the Oscars and apologizes for earlier homophobic tweets
Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images Several days after it was announced that he would host the 2019 Academy Awards, Kevin Hart has decided to step down. In a tweet posted just after midnight on Friday, December 7, the comedian shared his decision to relinquish his hosting duties, after backlash over his past anti-LGBTQ tweets and his initial […]
'It was a joke, a bad one': DJ apologizes for 'twerk' comments to Women's Ballon d'Or winner (VIDEO)
DJ Martin Solveig has issued an apology after asking Ada Hegerberg, the first-ever recipient of the women’s Ballon d’Or, to twerk onstage, claiming it was a “bad joke” and that the player herself understood his remarks as such. READ MORE: Outrage as 1st-ever Women’s Ballon d’Or winner asked to TWERK onstage by awards host (VIDEO) French […]
Game developer apologizes, restructures firm after outcry over imaginary anti-gay Chechen vampires
The developer of ‘Vampires: The Masquerade’ tabletop game will be restructured after complaints about the game’s bizarre plot, in which vampires in Chechnya use the persecution of gay people to cover up their own existence. The board game features bloodsuckers, who torture and feed on gay people, and wasn’t long in Russia’s Republic of Chechnya […]