Samantha Bee’s On-Air Mea Culpa Tonight Was Brilliant Perfection

Samantha Bee’s On-Air Mea Culpa Tonight Was Brilliant Perfection

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It seems like months ago by now that Samantha Bee called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c*nt” on her series Full Frontal, sending the entire interwebs into a tizzy. But it was only one week ago Wednesday, which meant tonight marked the comedy show host’s return to airwaves following the debacle. And while we knew a mea culpa was coming — almost assuredly required by the network, TBS — who knew the Samantha Bee response we’d get would be so spot-on, accurate, hilarious and poignant, all at once.

In fact, we feel the Samantha Bee response is so perfect as-is, we thought we’d share it here, as it was written/performed and unedited. Bee couldn’t have said it better herself.

Here’s the Samantha Bee response none of us deserved:

Hi, I’m Samantha Bee.

You know, a lot of people were offended and angry that I used an epithet to describe the president’s daughter and advisor last week. It is a word I have used on the show many times, hoping to reclaim it. This time I used it as an insult. I crossed the line. I regret it and I do apologize for it

The problem is that many women have heard that word at the worst moments of their lives. A lot of them don’t want that word reclaimed; they want it gone. And I don’t blame them. I don’t want to inflict more pain on them. I want this show to be challenging, and I want it to be honest but I never intended it to hurt anyone … except Ted Cruz.

Many men were also offended by my use of the word. I do not care about that.

I hate that this distracted from more important issues. I hate that I did something to contribute to the nightmare of 24-hour news cycles that we’re all white-knuckling through. I should’ve known that a potty mouth insult would be inherently more interesting to them than juvenile immigration policy. I would do anything to help those kids. I hate that this distracted from them. So to them, I am also sorry.

And, look, if you are worried about the death of civility, don’t sweat it. I’m a comedian. People who hone their voices in basement bars while yelling back at drunk hecklers are definitely not paragons of civility. I am, I’m really sorry that I said that word, but you know what? Civility is just nice words. Maybe we should all worry a little bit more about the niceness of our actions.

OK, thanks for listening.

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