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    Social media slams Megyn Kelly for defending blackface on 'Today' show

    Source: USA Today
    October 23, 2018 at 15:06
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    Megyn Kelly may be headed OUT of her 9AM timeslot on NBC! Rob Smith (@robsmithonline) has all the details.

    Megyn Kelly is catching heat on social media once again.

    This time, for comments she made during "Megyn Kelly Today" Tuesday about dressing up in blackface for Halloween.

    During a panel discussion, Kelly wondered "But what is racist?" when it comes to costumes choices for the October holiday.

    "Because you do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface on Halloween, or a black person that puts on whiteface for Halloween," she said. "And back when I was a kid, that was OK, as long as you were dressing up as, like, a character."

    Kelly then mused about a recent blackface controversy to expand on her stance.



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