Satirist faces anger from the White House for Ivanka slur
DONALD TRUMP demanded a comedienne be fired after she made a vulgar slur against Ivanka, his daughter.
Samantha Bee, a US television satirist, called Ms Trump a “feckless c---” during her show Full Frontal.
Mr Trump said: “Why aren’t they firing no-talent Samantha Bee for the horrible language used on her low ratings show?” He said it exposed a “total double standard” in the media that the TBS cable network had not cancelled the programme.
The president was referring to the ABC network’s recent decision to cancel Roseanne, Roseanne Barr’s sitcom.
Barr, a vocal supporter of Mr Trump, had compared a black former Barack Obama adviser to an ape. She subsequently apologised, describing her tweet as “indefensible”.
Bee later apologised on Twitter, writing: “I would like to sincerely apologise to Ivanka Trump, and to my viewers, for using an expletive on my show to describe her last night. It was inappropriate and inexcusable. I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it.” The show was pre-recorded, meaning TBS had approved it. In a statement TBS said: “It was our mistake too, and we regret it.”