Actress Vivica A. Fox denied that she called Ivanka Trump a racist after making a controversial comment on the NBC show “Celebrity Apprentice” in 2015.
Appeared on friday “Everyday there are people” In the podcast, Fox talked about a reappearing clip, suggesting that she called Trump a racist.
57-year-old Fox appeared in the series to raise funds for the Best Buddies charity. After the challenge speech, Trump told Fox’s group, “You all said it well.”
This comment caused a sensation among netizens on Twitter, who considered Trump’s comments to be racist. However, Fox told the podcast host Jenny Rubinstein that Trump was “praising” the organization’s speech.
“You know Black Twitter; they don’t play any games. Black Twitter is disturbed by Ivanka’s response [was] It’s like,’You mean they can speak well, are you insulting them? That’s racism,'” Fox said.
Fox insisted that she never used the term when referring to Trump or the incident. “I didn’t call Ivanka Trump a racist,” Fox said.
Fox had previously touched on Trump’s comments. May she Appeared in an episode of E! The series “Reality: The Story of Reality TV” and cited this event.
“I will never forget that when I filmed “Celebrity Apprentice” and Ivanka Trump, she said,’Wow, you said it well,'” Fox tells Andy Cohen.
“No, Andy. I hate to say it. I don’t think she knew she was insulting us at the time. I really think she thought she was complimenting us. It was like,’Oh, wow, you are very smart.'”
In her recent reflection on controversial comments, Fox insisted that she would not hesitate to face trump card At that moment, if she feels that her comments are disrespectful.
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