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Megyn Kellys future at NBC is uncertain following controversy around a statement she made on the air on Tuesday. The network aired a rerun of Kellys 9 a.m. hour of the Today show on Thursday, and its unclear when or if shell be back. Given the circumstances, Megyn Kelly Today will be on tape the rest of the week, an NBC News spokesperson told Rolling Stone.
On Tuesday, during a discussion on Today, Kelly claimed that blackface was acceptable in the context of Halloween costumes, saying it was OK when I was a kid as long as you were dressing like a character.
The backlash was swift, both on the Internet and at Kellys own network.
Writer and New York Times Opinion Editor Jenée Desmond-Harris tweeted a piece she wrote for Vox in 2014 explaining the racist history of blackface and why its still offensive today, commenting, The latest news on the topic just goes to show that you can explain all you want and people who are committed not understanding anything and defending racism wont ever learn, because they dont want to.
Al Roker said during an on-air discussion on Kellys comments, While she apologized to the staff, she owes a bigger apology to folks of color around the country because this is a history going back to the 1830s.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/megyn-kelly-blackface-fired-reckoned-747038/
Hekate
(90,714 posts)Cha
(297,304 posts)Cha
(297,304 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)MadDAsHell
(2,067 posts)Thats the most classic thing about these situations where folks are forced out of their jobs for being offensive. Theyre essentially still going to make all or nearly all of the money they would have, but now they dont even have to perform any work to earn it. Same thing with these conservative pukes who get their college campus appearances cancelled; the taxpayers still pay those speaking fees, and the speaker doesnt even have to show up to get it.
Nice work if you can get it, I guess.
allgood33
(1,584 posts)Just can't wrap my head around that move.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)They canned her ass, but had to pay her the entire value of her contract, $69 MILLION.
kimbutgar
(21,161 posts)Feeling no sympathy for her racist insensitive comments having consequences.