APPARENTLY ROSIE PEREZ MIGHT NOT HAVE MEANT HER APOLOGY
TOWARD KELLY OSBOURNE, AFTER KELLY OSBOURNE SAID SOME
DISPARAGING THINGS ABOUT
MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS.
IT ALL STARTED WHEN THE LADIES OF THE VIEW
WERE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT DONALD TRUMP, AND OF COURSE THEY
WERE PRETTY OUTRAGED AT DONALD
TRUMP'S STATEMENTS ABOUT MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS STOPPED DURING THIS
DISCUSSION, KELLY OSBOURNE UNFORTUNATELY MADE THIS
STATEMENT.
"IF YOU KICK EVERY LATINO OUT OF THE COUNTRY, WHO
IS GOING TO BE CLEANING YOUR TOILETS, DONALD TRUMP?"
ROSIE PEREZ HAD A
VERY NEGATIVE REACTION, SHE IS LATINO, AND LATER ON SHE SAID
THERE ARE MORE THAN JUST LATINAS
CLEANING TOILETS.
>> OUTRAGEOUS, I HOPE SHE APOLOGIZED LATER FOR THAT
COMMENT.
>> SO, ROSIE PEREZ DID APOLOGIZE, AND I THOUGHT HER
APOLOGY WAS SO NECESSARY.
HERE
IS WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.
"I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THIS YOUNG WOMAN
ONCE AGAIN FOR BEING VERY
SENSITIVE."
YOU WEREN'T BEING SENSITIVE, KELLY OSBOURNE
STRAIGHT UP THAT, WHO'S GOING TO
WASH OR CLEAN YOUR TOILETS, DONALD TRUMP?
IMPLYING THAT THEY ARE
THE ONLY ONES WHO CLEAN TOILETS.
SHE MIGHT HAVE MISSPOKE, WE HAD
A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, BUT NONETHELESS, SHE DID NOT
HAVE TO ñ ROSIE PEREZ DID NOT HAVE TO APOLOGIZE.
SHE EVEN
TWEETED ABOUT IT.
"MY APOLOGIES KELLY OSBOURNE, I TOOK YOUR
POINT WRONG.
MY BAD, YOUR HEART IS SO PURE AND RIGHTEOUS.
I ADORE YOU."
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS THAT ROSIE PEREZ WAS
FORCED TO APOLOGIZE, BUT THERE ARE REPORTS
SAYING SHE WAS NOT
FORCED TO APOLOGIZE.
THERE WERE TWO DAYS THAT ROSIE PEREZ WAS
SUPPOSED TO APPEAR ON THE VIEW, BUT SHE DID NOT APPEAR AT ALL,
AND SOME ARE SAYING THAT SHE DID NOT APPEAR BECAUSE SHE WAS SO
UPSET AND ANGRY.
THAT IS A SPECULATION, WE DO NOT KNOW IF
THAT IS TRUE.
THEY ARE CONFLICTING REPORTS, SO YOU CAN
TAKE THESE HOW YOU WILL.
MY SPECULATION IS THAT SHE WAS
FORCED TO APOLOGIZE.
I THINK THE LAST FEW DAYS THAT SHE WAS
SUPPOSED TO APPEAR ON THE VIEW, SHE PROBABLY DID NOT SHOW UP
BECAUSE SHE HAD A VACATION, OR
ANOTHER PROJECT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF YOU READ THAT TWEET
IT SEEMS LIKE SHE WAS FORCED TO APOLOGIZE.
IT SEEMS LIKE SARCASM.
>> LET ME TELL YOU WHY THIS
STORY IS IMPORTANT.
ONE, IT
GOES TO THE HEART OF WHAT STEREOTYPES
REALLY MEAN IN THIS COUNTRY.
I DON'T THINK KELLY OSBOURNE MEANT
BADLY WHEN SHE SAID WHAT SHE SAID.
WHAT SHE SAID WAS
HORRIBLE, AND I AM CONVINCED
THAT SHE IS VERY APOLOGETIC, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT GOES TOWARDS
THE STEREOTYPE SITTING AT THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD.
WHAT DO
MEXICANS DO?
THEY CLEAN TOILETS.
DOES THAT STEREOTYPE NEGATIVELY AFFECT LATINOS IN THIS COUNTRY?
YES.
SO, ROSIE'S VISCERAL REACTION TO THAT IS I THINK WHAT
A LOT OF LATINOS WOULD HAVE FELT
IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE DISCUSSION, AND THAT IS
WHY I ACTUALLY LIKE A SHOW LIKE
THE VIEW.
IT WAS MORE NATURAL AND MORE HONEST, YOU HASH IT OUT
AND FIGURE IT OUT, THAT'S WHY I
LIKE THE FORMAT.
IT IS A FORMAT THAT WE USE, ALTHOUGH IT IS A
FORMAT WE USE DIFFERENTLY.
WE DO NOT DEMAND THAT PEOPLE
APOLOGIZE PUBLICLY, WE HAVE AN
OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
THIS GETS TO THE SECOND ISSUE OF WHY
THIS STORY IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT GOES TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE
MEDIA IS REALLY ABOUT IN THIS COUNTRY.
WHICH IS, LET'S
PROTECT OUR IMAGE, AND THE WAY THAT WE PROTECT OUR IMAGE IS TO
HAVE NO CONTROVERSY.
WHY ARE YOU HAVING ROSIE PEREZ APOLOGIZE
TO ANYBODY?
SHE DID NOT SAY ANYTHING WRONG, AND ALL THE SHE
SAID TO KELLY OSBOURNE WAS "OH
NO, NO, NO, NO."
SHE HAD A NORMAL HUMAN REACTION, DON'T SAY
THAT?
>> I WOULD UNDERSTAND IF ROSIE PEREZ DEFENDED HER AND SHE SAID,
SHE MISSPOKE, EVERYONE CALM DOWN, IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A
DEAL.
BUT THE APOLOGY WAS SO UNNECESSARY, AND I ALSO FOUND IT
INTERESTING THAT SHE WAS THE ONE WHO APOLOGIZED WHEN RAVEN SIMONE
ALSO HAD A NEGATIVE REACTION TO WHAT KELLY OSBOURNE SAID.
WHY
DIDN'T SHE APOLOGIZE?
SOMETHING SEEMS FISHY TO ME.
I AGREE,
KELLY OSBOURNE MIGHT HAVE MISSPOKE, THERE MIGHT BE A
STEREOTYPE IN THE BACK OF HER
HEAD, SUBCONSCIOUSLY.
SHE FEELS BAD ABOUT IT, SHE APOLOGIZED, HER APOLOGY WAS
GENUINE, AND I DO THINK THEY SHOULD MOVE FORWARD, BUT I
DO NOT GET THE APOLOGY FROM ROSIE PEREZ.
>> OF COURSE WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT ROOM, AND IT
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE
FACTORS THAT ARE INVOLVED.
THERE IS WHAT THEY ARE TELLING
YOU PUBLICLY, AND THERE IS THE
REAL STUFF THAT IS HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES, WHICH HAS TO
DO WITH MONEY.
IS ROSIE GOING TO GET PAID FOR ñ HER CONTRACT?
THAT'S PROBABLY NOT MUCH OF AN ISSUE, BECAUSE SHE WAS AT THE
END OF HER CONTRACT ANYWAY.
IS ROSIE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED A
PROBLEM PERSON TO WORK WITH IN THE INDUSTRY?
IF SHE CAUSES AN
ISSUE AS SHE IS LEAVING ABC, THAT SENDS A SIGNAL TO NBC,
EVERYONE ELSE, THAT ROSIE IS A
PROBLEM.
THAT IS WHY THERE WILL BE PRESSURE ON ROSIE PEREZ, NOT
JUST FROM ABC, BUT FROM SOME OF HER OWN HANDLERS SAYING, BE
COOL, MAKE SURE YOU BOW DOWN TO
THE NETWORK.
FOR THE NETWORK, IT WAS A BIG GET TO GET KELLY
OSBOURNE, THEY PROBABLY THINK ABSURD THINGS LIKE THIS.
SO,
WHY DON'T YOU GO OUT AND PREEMPTIVELY APOLOGIZE TO HER
FOR INSULTING YOU, AND YOU ACTUALLY BEING INSULTED AS A
HUMAN BEING.
CAN I BELIEVE THAT THAT HAPPENED?
YES.
THE DAILY
MAIL'S SOURCES SAID THAT THEY BUM RUSHED HER, THEY SAID
ìAPOLOGIZE!î THAT IS WHAT FREAKED
HER OUT.
THE E! ONLINE SOURCE IS SAYING THAT THAT IS RIDICULOUS
AND PREPOSTEROUS, THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE AND DANDY
BEHIND THE SCENES.
BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAY, SO I AGREE
WITH ANA.
PROBABLY EVERYBODY GOT NERVOUS, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT
THEY DO ON TELEVISION, THEY GET NERVOUS.
OH MY GOD, SOMEONE HAD
A NATURAL, HONEST COMMENT, WE BETTER MAKE SURE WE PUT AN END
TO IT.
THERE WAS A NEED FOR APOLOGY, ROSIE GIVES AN APOLOGY,
THEN HER FANS GO, WHAT ARE YOU
APOLOGIZING FOR?
WE'RE THE ONES WHO GOT INSULTED, AS LATINOS AND LATINAS ñ
>> EXACTLY, AND THEN SHE HAD TO APOLOGIZE TO THEM, SAYING THAT
HER APOLOGY MAYBE WENT OVERBOARD.
SHE SAID, "I TWEETED
AT KELLY OSBOURNE IN AN EFFORT TO HELP KEEPING HER FROM
SPIRALING AFTER HER UNFORTUNATE COMMENT.
I WENT OVERBOARD WITH
MY APOLOGY, MY BAD, BUT I DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR SPEAKING OUT AND
CALLING HER ON IT, MISTAKE OR
NOT, IT WAS OFFENSIVE.
AND PLEASE DON'T EVER QUESTION MY
SUPPORT FOR MI GENTE, EVER."
>> SO SHE IS ON THE SIDE OF HER
PEOPLE.
BUT SHE HAS TO APOLOGIZE TO SAVE FACE THERE AS WELL.
>> IT IS SO STUPID.
>> FINALLY, THE LAST INTERESTING, RELEVANT,
POLITICAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL MOMENT HERE, IS THAT THE PERSON
WHO IS ASKED TO, AND IS EXPECTED TO APOLOGIZE IS THE PERSON WHO
DID NOT MAKE THE OFFENSIVE STATEMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO, THEY IMMEDIATELY GO TO, WHAT IN THIS ROUGH SENSE WOULD BE
CONSIDERED THE VICTIM, BECAUSE KELLY OSBOURNE OFFENDED LATINOS,
AND ROSIE PEREZ IS LATINO ñ
SO THEY GO TO HER AND SAY, YOU HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO THE WHITE
PERSON FOR BEING OFFENDED FOR A MICROSECOND ON TELEVISION.
THAT
IS THE PROBLEM WITH OUR SOCIETY, BECAUSE THE EXPECTATIONS ARE WRONG.