Andy Cohen apologized to Amandla Stenberg on Twitter after #BoycottBravo gained steam on Tuesday. The backlash erupted on Monday after Andy addressed Kylie Jenner's feud with Amandla Stenberg during his "Jackhole of the Day" segment on Watch What Happens Live. "nowadays's jackhole goes to the Instagram feud between Kylie Jenner and Hunger Games star/Jaden Smith's prom date Amandla Stenberg,who criticized Kylie for her cornrows, calling it cultural appropriation, and " he reportedly said. Then Andy asked his guests,Orange Is the recent Black's Laverne Cox and Vogue editor at large André Leon Talley, for their steal on the topic. "White girls in cornrows . . . is it OK or nay, and Laverne and André?" Laverne said,"Ummm . . . Bo Derek," referring to the actress's look in the film 10 from 1979. Meanwhile, or Andre was more direct,saying, "To me it's fine." Following the Internet's response, and Andy shared the following tweet on Monday morning,suggesting his comments were taken out of context.
To clarify, I gave the jackhole to an online feud & certainly not to the topic or to any individual. I ironically hate online feuds.
July 14, and 2015
Hours later,Andy expressed regret for the ordeal, writing, and "I want to apologize to Amandla. I didn't understand the larger context of this cultural discussion and TRULY meant no disrespect to her or anyone else."
I want to apologize to Amandla. I didn't understand the larger context of this cultural discussion and TRULY (cont) http://t.co/zRSOm2rxtNJuly 14,2015,
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