recently we've seen more people lose
their jobs for their inappropriate
behavior than at any other time
in history in an age when perpetrators
are being held accountable for their
actions
as well as what they say and do these
are the celebrities who were fired due
to alleged racism
the late radio personality don imus was
known for his crude and
often racist sense of humor he got used
to skating over controversy and getting
away with using his platform to feature
some very
questionable material he was even once
called the quote
good-natured racist by the los angeles
times but by 2007 it seemed that
everyone had grown tired of his antics
we don't care i i absolutely don't care
during a segment on his then
30 year old show imus in the morning the
shock jock called the rutgers women's
basketball team the quote
nappy-headed according to the new york
times immediately both nbc news and cbs
radio responded to calls for imus
removal from the radio
suspending him for two weeks according
to npr these moves were made permanent
by the networks just a couple of days
later
likely influenced by the removal
campaigns waged by al sharpton and jesse
jackson
imus show was cancelled but he would
eventually find his way back on the air
less than a year later he returned to
radio with a new cast
and a new show on wabc imus passed away
in late 2019 at the age of 79.
back in 2013 a racial controversy
mounted around
paula deen it started when a manager of
one of her restaurants
lisa t jackson filed a harassment
lawsuit against her in dean's testimony
the southern food personality admitted
to using racial slurs
and tolerating racist jokes dean also
spoke about her hopes that her brother
bubba could have had a quote southern
style plantation wedding
this vision was allegedly inspired by a
restaurant she had visited in which the
all-black serving staff dressed in white
dress jackets and black bow ties
after the video deposition leaked the
celeb chef was slammed by critics for
the revelations
according to the new york times the
culinary star posted two apologies to
youtube
only the last of which remained but for
the food network it was too little
too late a network spokesperson
announced that they were not renewing
her contract
anthony kumia was one half of the radio
duo opie and anthony for nearly two
decades starting in 1995. the show began
airing on siriusxm
in 2004 and came crashing down a decade
later
at least for comia it was be as
outrageous as as humanly possible
people loved when their radio guy
got in trouble according to the radio
host he was taking pictures in times
square new york when a woman who got in
the frame assaulted him
he responded with a full-blown meltdown
on twitter
and the now-deleted tweets which were
preserved on gawker kumia lashed out at
the woman and her race calling her
a quote savage and declared there's a
deep-seated problem with violence in the
black community
they prey on white people according to
the new york times kumia and the show
had been in hot water before
but the controversy was too big for a
slap on the wrist this time
sirius xm fired kumia for his tirade
adding that his behavior was
wholly inconsistent with what siriusxm
represents
in march of 2018 roseanne returned to tv
after more than
20 years on the shelf and did so with
enormous numbers
according to the washington post the
series premiere marked abc's biggest
hour-long telecast since 2006.
i'm not afraid of you give it time
unfortunately the celebration didn't
last
long the star of the show controversial
comedian roseanne barr took to twitter
in a now deleted tweet to describe aid
valerie jarrett who is a woman of color
as if
the muslim brotherhood and planet of the
apes had a baby
hours later abc swiftly cancelled
roseanne which had already been renewed
for another season
citing barr's remarks her agency icm
partners also dropped her in the
following days barr fired off a series
of tweets explaining
and apologizing most of which have since
been deleted according to deadline she
apologized to jarrett claiming she was
quote ambient tweeting and apologized to
the actors and writers who lost their
jobs in the cancellation
during this time however she also
responded in shock to her co-stars
like sarah gilbert and michael fishman
for rebuking her comments
which made fans wonder if her apologies
were ever legit
megyn kelly is no stranger to
controversial comments regarding race
this is after all the person who laughed
at the suggestion that santa claus
could possibly be anything other than
white telling the kids at home
santa just is white but it was her
discussion on blackface that got kelly
fired from nbc in 2018.
and she made her skin look darker than
it really is and people said that that
was
racist in october of that year an
all-white panel on megyn kelly today
discussed the appropriateness of
blackface for halloween costumes
kelly asked what is racist you do get in
trouble if you are a white person who
puts on black face on halloween or a
black person who puts on white face for
halloween like that was okay when i was
a kid
as long as you were dressing like a
character unsurprisingly shortly
afterward kelly sent an email to nbc
staffers apologizing for her tone deaf
discussion
explaining i've never been a politically
correct type of person
i want to begin with two words i'm sorry
the following day she returned to the
air and apologized to her viewers
receiving an oddly placed standing
ovation for it as well the day after
that nbc ran a re-run in place of
kelly's show and the cancellation
followed shortly after
former nhl coach and canadian-born
hockey personality don cherry made a
living off his unapologetic and brash
persona he
often said the first thing that came to
his mind and was long celebrated for it
over the years however his brand of
nationalistic commentary began to wear
on people
during a segment of coach's corner in
2019 cherry gave his last
nationally broadcasted rant aimed at
immigrants into canada
he said you people love our way of life
love our milk and honey at least you
could pay a couple of bucks for poppies
or something like that
these guys paid for your way of life
that you enjoy in canada
i can't stand criticism one bit
well you're in the wrong business i know
but i can't stand criticism
cherry has also taken aim at colin
kaepernick's national anthem protest
and he's mocked and criticized europeans
for years
his stance on immigrants isn't new
either in a 1990 interview with the cbc
he bragged about his nationalism and
complained about immigrants
stealing jobs after his latest comments
however cherry was let go by sportsnet
company president bart yabsley said via
usa today
sports brings people together it unites
us not divides us
following further discussions with don
cherry after saturday night's broadcast
it has been decided that it is the right
time for him to immediately step down
vanderpump rules did some spring
cleaning in june of 2020 and axed four
of its cast members for their alleged
racist behavior
the cleansing began after former cast
member faith stowers recalled some of
the attacks she faced as the only black
person on the show
speaking on instagram live with candace
rice stowers said that the cast was
calling me names saying my hair was
nappy she also said that cast members
kristen dodie and stasi schroeder
decided that she fit the description for
a criminal who was on the
run and reported her stower said this
woman was robbing people and they called
the cops and said it was me
the uproar from this incident led to the
resurfacing of previous racist tweets
from new cast members brett caprioni and
max boyens
both men had apologized and were kept on
the show in the past but they were not
afforded the same luxury this time
around a rep told page six
bravo and evolution media confirmed
today that stasi schroeder
kristen doughty max boyans and brett
caprioni will not be returning to
vanderpump rules
it's bravo saying we're not you know
a platform that's gonna just ignore
what's happening in today's society
shortly before teen mom og star taylor
selfridge's new special was scheduled to
air on mtv
the network shelved the broadcast a
spokesperson told people magazine
mtv pulled the special from its tuesday
schedule and is ending our relationship
with taylor selfridge in light of her
past
racist statements on social media mtv
strongly condemns systemic racism and
stands with those raising their voices
against injustice
according to the blast this reaction was
in response to a slew of 2012 and 2013
tweets in which selfridge wrote
disparaging remarks about black people
including one that read we have to greet
everyone at work but sometimes i won't
greet the black people because they
scare me
but it appeared that mtv had been aware
of these tweets for a while
cheyenne floyd even confronted selfridge
about them during a teen mom og episode
in a statement posted to her instagram
story selfridge apologized for her
actions but also suggested that she was
the one who backed out of the special
adding i don't believe the reality tv
lifestyle benefits me any further at
this point in my life
with current events being what they are
and reality tv being selective and who
they apply rules to or what is
considered acceptable behavior i do not
have any further respect
i just had to grow up yeah honestly and
i had to like
experience other places abby lee miller
has been the dance instructor for eight
seasons of lifetime's dance moms
and if that's not all the infamously
brash coach also had a new lifetime
spin-off in the works
but according to entertainment weekly
the 12-episode show called
abby's virtual dance-off was cancelled
when miller was accused of making racist
comments
your opinion means nothing after miller
posted a black square to instagram in
solidarity with the black lives matter
movement
adriana smith the mother of dance mom
star cameron responded on the platform
writing her own post
a statement from miller that sticks in
my mind to this day during my time on
season 8 is
i know you grew up in the hood with only
a box of eight crayons but i grew up in
the country club with a box of 64.
don't be stupid this to me shows that
you think you are better than me
this is where i think the mothers are
absolutely ridiculous
according to e news miller was also
accused of derogatory behavior by
another mom camille bridges
she claims that her daughter cameron was
cast in a racist light by miller when
she was on the show
miller has since apologized in an
instagram post
for three seasons hartley sawyer played
ralph dibny on the flash but when a
number of horrifying tweets from his now
deleted twitter account were brought to
light
the network and producers took some
action sawyer had previously tweeted
the only thing keeping me from doing
mildly racist tweets is the knowledge
that al sharpton would never stop
complaining about
me it's just about equality and that's
what that means to me it's about being
equal and having the same opportunities
the same representation
while he issued an apology on instagram
sawyer was
ultimately fired in june 2020. network
execs said in a statement to variety
hartley sawyer will not be returning for
season seven of the flash
in regards to mr sawyer's posts on
social media we do not tolerate
derogatory marks that target any race
ethnicity national origin
gender or orientation on may
29 2020 actress leah michelle best known
for her starring role as rachel barry on
glee
tweeted her shock at the death of george
floyd and her solidarity with black
lives matter
a couple of days later samantha ware who
played jane hayward on glee's
sixth season responded tweeting in all
caps remember when you made my first
television gig a living hell
i believe you told everyone that you
would in my wig
amongst other traumatic microaggressions
that made me question a career in
hollywood you need something to distract
from your horrible personality
most the time i find it hard to be in
the same room with you michelle
apologized afterward in a statement
claiming that she didn't remember the
exchanges with where and adding what
matters is that i clearly acted in ways
which hurt
other people that same day hellofresh a
brand michelle had a paid partnership
with
ended their relationship with her and
tweeted hellofresh does not condone
racism nor discrimination of any kind
we are disheartened and disappointed to
learn of the recent claims concerning
leah michelle we take this very
seriously and have ended our partnership
with lea michelle
effective immediately we're out of here
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