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Felicity Huffman Just Apologized to Parents and Students Over the College Admissions Scandal


Felicity Huffman announced on Monday, April 8, she’s decided to plead guilty in the college admissions scandal that’s currently captivating the country.

“I am pleading guilty to the charge brought against me by the United States Attorney’s Office,” Huffman said in an official statement. “I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions and will accept the consequences that stem from those actions. I am ashamed of the pain I have caused my daughter, my family, my friends, my colleagues and the educational community.”

She continued, “I want to apologize to them and, especially, I want to apologize to the students who work hard every day to get into college, and to their parents who make tremendous sacrifices to support their children and do so honestly. My daughter knew absolutely nothing about my actions, and in my misguided and profoundly wrong way, I have betrayed her. This transgression toward her and the public I will carry for the rest of my life. My desire to help my daughter is no excuse to break the law or engage in dishonesty.”

William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman with their daughters, George Grace Macy and Sofia Grace Macy

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If you’re unfamiliar with this situation, here’s a quick boilerplate: In early March news broke Felicity Huffman and Full House star Lori Loughlin were both being charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud after it was discovered they illegally tried to secure their children’s college admission. Huffman allegedly paid $15,000 to an organization that helped her daughter cheat on the SATs. Meanwhile, Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, allegedly paid $500,000 to have their two daughters presented as recruits for the University of Southern California crew team, even though neither of them participates in the sport.

Lori Loughlin and her daughters Isabella and Olivia at an event.

Lori Loughlin with her daughters, Isabella and Olivia

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“There can be no separate college admissions system for the wealthy,” U.S. attorney for Massachusetts Andrew Lelling said at a press conference in March. “And I will add there will not be a separate criminal justice system either.”

This story is developing. We’ll update this post as soon as more information comes in.



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Sarah Michelle Gellar Apologized for Posting Thanksgiving 'Thinspiration'


It’s no secret that Thanksgiving—with endless chitchat about food and overeating—can be a trigger for conversations about body image. But Sarah Michelle Gellar’s recent Instagram post is a perfect illustration of how easy it is for that conversation to turn toxic.

Earlier this week, the actress and cookbook author posted a series of lingerie-clad photos of herself with a caption many viewed as problematic: “I’m just going to pin these up all over my house as a reminder not to overeat on Thursday #thanksgivingprep,” Gellar wrote alongside four shots from a 2007 Maxim photoshoot, US Weekly reported.

Not surprisingly, the post immediately triggered a controversy, dividing commenters into two very vocal camps.

In the first, many users were quick to point out the problematic message behind the joke. “Usually love your posts but I’m seriously against ‘thinspiration.’ It’s a core of most eating disorders,” one user pointed out. “Projecting the idea that we should restrict ourselves from eating food to be skinny is a dangerous and damaging mindset which clearly plagues the minds of many, including celebrities as it’s pretty apparent here. It’s a hard truth to acknowledge. Nobody should ever feel guilty for eating food, period,” another user wrote.

But other commenters, including a few celebs, backed Gellar up, saying she shouldn’t have to apologize for being proud of her body. “@sarahmgellar is it weird if I pin these pics of you in my house too?” Tiffani Thiessen said.

To clear the air, Gellar issued an apology in the comments, a day after her original post. “It’s come to my attention that some people think I was ‘fat shaming’ with this post,” she wrote. “That could not be further from my intentions. I love Thanksgiving and unfortunately my eyes are often bigger than my stomach, and I tend to eat so much I make myself sick. This was a joking reminder to myself not to do that. I’m terribly sorry that people were offended by my attempt at humor. Any one that knows me, knows I would never intentionally ‘shame’ any one on any basis. I am a champion of all people.”

No matter your reaction to the post, the whole controversy brings up a super important point we should all remember today: Individual relationships with food can be complicated and hard to navigate. The bottom line is, you don’t have to be a certain size to love your body in lingerie (or any way) and no one should ever make you feel like you shouldn’t enjoy food—especially on Thanksgiving. Now excuse us while we go enjoy our Thanksgiving feasts.

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Kim Kardashian Just Apologized for Using the R-Word on Her Instagram Story


Kim Kardashian found herself in the middle of a social media controversy on Thursday (November 1) after using insensitive language in one of her Halloween Instagram Stories.

In the posts from her sister Kendall Jenner’s Halloween party, Kardashian is dressed in a Pamela Anderson costume with best friend Jonathan Cheban as Anderson’s ex-husband Tommy Lee. It’s a very famous, but super specific, look from the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards that apparently didn’t resonate with many of the younger partygoers. “Nobody knew who we were,” Kardashian says in a video post. “You are all too f***ing young. This is so sad.” Then, in a now-deleted Story, she told former assistant Stephanie Shepherd, “Nobody knows who I am” before dropping the R-word.

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Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee at the 1999 VMAs

The backlash to the R-word—which is offensive to the special needs community—was pretty immediate, and Kardashian has now apologized via a statement to TMZ. “I want to apologize for what I said in a recent video post that is inappropriate and insensitive to the special needs community,” she said. “I try to learn from my mistakes and this is one of those times. Please know that my intention is always pure, and in this case, it was a mistake. I’m sorry.”

Social media users and fans were upset that Kardashian used that word. Some even posted photos of their special needs children to express their pain about hearing the R-word. Others compared its use to calling one of Kardashian and Kanye West’s children the N-word.

“Imagine someone calling your child the N word,” one person wrote. “That’s how It feels when you say [the R-word] like you are insulting my 2 children with special needs.”

Kim’s sister Khloe also had to apologize for using the R-word in July 2018. Hopefully both she and Kim have learned a lesson about how much pain that word gives people.

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Naomi Osaka Explains Why She Apologized While Accepting Her U.S. Open Trophy


On Saturday (September 8), after an incredible whirlwind journey through the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Naomi Osaka took home her first Grand Slam championship trophy by defeating her idol, Serena Williams, in two sets. The 20-year-old’s victory was somewhat tainted, however, by the controversy that arose between Williams and the presiding umpire during the match, which resulted in Williams automatically losing first one point and then an entire game in the second set (punishments that Williams promptly labeled sexist. While receiving her trophy after the match, Osaka was visibly upset and, during her acceptance speech, apologized to the crowd. In an interview with the Today show on Monday morning (September 10), the athlete discussed the controversial match and her ensuing reactions.

Osaka said that, as Williams’ penalties rolled in, she wasn’t entirely sure what was happening. “I didn’t really know what was going on because I went to the back and I had my back turned. And then, before I knew it, she was saying there was a game penalty, so I was a little bit confused throughout the whole thing,” she said. The confusion continued as the match ended and the crowd began booing, presumably at umpire Carlos Ramos. “I felt a little bit sad because I wasn’t really sure if they were booing at me or if it wasn’t the outcome that they wanted,” Osaka said, explaining why she’d pulled her visor over her face to hide her tears as the crowd jeered. “And then I also could sympathize because I’ve been a fan of Serena my whole life and I knew how badly the crowd wanted her to win.” She added, “It was just really emotional.”

Seeing Osaka’s tears during the awards ceremony,Williams put her arm around her opponent and used her turn at the microphone to ask the crowd to celebrate Osaka’s win, rather than decrying her loss, which Osaka said on Monday “made me happy overall.” When it was her time to address the audience, according to The New York Times, Osaka said, “I know that everyone was cheering for her. I’m sorry it had to end like this. I just want to say thank you for watching the match.” When asked on the Today show why she apologized, Osaka explained, “I don’t know, I just felt like everyone was sort of unhappy up there and I know that the ending wasn’t really how people wanted it to be. I know that, in my dreams, I won, like, in a very tough, competitive match. So, I don’t know, I just felt very emotional and I felt like I had to apologize.”

Osaka also noted that, in the wake of her big win, she hasn’t had time to review what happened during the match and come to her own conclusion about what went down between Williams and the umpire, but that she plans to do so as soon as possible. “This is sort of one of the biggest things that happened to me,” she said. And she’s also having some trouble processing that other pretty big thing that happened on Saturday — you know, becoming the first-ever Japanese tennis player to win a Grand Slam title. “It still feels a little bit surreal, but I think it’s slowly sinking in,” she told Today.

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The Bishop Who Appeared to Grope Ariana Grande at Aretha Franklin's Funeral Has Apologized


Aretha Franklin‘s eight-hour funeral in Detroit on Friday celebrated the life of the soul legend in A-list style, complete with a parade of pink Cadillacs and musical tributes from stars like Ariana Grande and Stevie Wonder. However, controversy erupted when Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, who was officiating the service, brought Grande onstage to perform in honor of the soul pioneer. As he introduced her, viewers watched in horror as he tightened a hand well above her waist—placing it instead around the side of her breast—and held her for an uncomfortably long time. After intense backlash from people shocked that they’d just apparently witnessed a woman groped in public, Bishop Ellis has now apologized, saying he didn’t intend to touch Grande inappropriately.

“It would never be my intention to touch any woman’s breast. … I don’t know I guess I put my arm around her,” Ellis said in an interview with the Associated Press. “Maybe I crossed the border, maybe I was too friendly or familiar but again, I apologize.”

Ellis went on to say that he had embraced all of the performers: “I hug all the female artists and the male artists. Everybody that was up, I shook their hands and hugged them. That’s what we are all about in the church. We are all about love.”

Grande appeared uneasy as the bishop kept his arm on her and made a crack about her last name sounding like an item from a Taco Bell menu, a comment for which he’s also apologized.

“I personally and sincerely apologize to Ariana and to her fans and to the whole Hispanic community,” Ellis told the AP. “When you’re doing a program for nine hours you try to keep it lively, you try to insert some jokes here and there.”

Online, Twitter users were outraged: They launched a #RespectAriana hashtag and retweeted videos that captured the incident.

After the alarming introduction, Grande launched into a stunning cover of “Natural Woman,” reprising her performance on Jimmy Fallon’s show just after Franklin’s death. However, that moment was sadly overshadowed, too, as many people noted former President Bill Clinton watching her intently from behind. Grande had drawn attention for wearing a short dress to the event, and Twitter users quickly defended her, reminding the world that a woman’s outfit is never an invitation from men.

That these events unfolded at a funeral, of all places, is even more outrageous—especially because it was a service paying homage a woman who always lifted up women in her music. Ellis recognized that his behavior and joke had eclipsed what should have been a respectful memorial to Franklin, adding in his interview with the AP that “the last thing I want to do is to be a distraction to this day. This is all about Aretha Franklin.” Sadly, that wasn’t the case.

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Donald Trump Hasn't Apologized for His Treatment of Women, so This Reporter Did It for Him


Since The New York Times first published their investigation into Harvey Weinstein’s alleged pattern of sexual harassment and misconduct, dozens of men in politics, media, and entertainment have been exposed for their countless misdeeds. With each new story comes the standard apology from a man in power—they ask for the public’s forgiveness and express various levels of regret for their reported behavior.

But throughout this entire reckoning, one man has been unflinchingly unapologetic: President Donald Trump.

As it stands now, at least 19 women have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Trump. Not only has he made no effort to apologize for these allegations, he, in turn, has branded his accusers as liars. And in an instance when he did express remorse—see: post–Access Hollywood tape and post–”grab them by the pussy”—he then tried to rewrite the narrative among his colleagues and claim that the leaked tape was a fake. It’s maddening under normal circumstances but even more unbelievable when you consider that he’s the President.

To help us assuage all our frustrations, Vox’s Liz Plank took it upon herself to create a can’t-miss mash-up that features Trump doing what women everywhere have hoped he’d do for months: apologizing for his behavior. Trump may never say actually say “sorry,” but this is the next best thing.

Watch the clip below:





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