“Full Frontal” host Samantha Bee — who dubs herself as “America’s Canadian sweetheart” — is under fire today after she referred to a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy who also happened to be covering CPAC as having “Nazi hair”:
When @iamsambee makes fun of your brother for having "Nazi hair." He actually has stage 4 brain cancer, but whatever floats your boat. pic.twitter.com/ULJC8nA3IX
— Megan Coddington (@meg_kelly16) March 9, 2017
The Twitter account for the show has since deleted a tweet with the clip without an apology or explanation.
Miles Kahn, a producer of the show, promoted the video as well but it looks like it’s been pulled off of YouTube as well:
https://twitter.com/mileskahn/status/839862732727910400
But, as they say, the internet is forever. Here’s the clip:
.@iamsambee and @FullFrontalSamB deleted their video. So here it is again: pic.twitter.com/pH4G2wbv9J
— Stephen N. Perkins (@Stephen_Perkins) March 9, 2017
Time for an apology, Sam.
Update. She’s apologized … kind of:
We deeply apologize for offending @_that_kyle in our CPAC segment. We only learned of his condition today & have removed him from the piece.
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) March 9, 2017
That could be better:
https://twitter.com/KFoleyFL/status/839895558391222274
"Sorry we offended you" https://t.co/nCOU2Es7H0
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 9, 2017
Editor’s note. Typos have been fixed in this post.
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