What an awkward and unfortunate moment…
Good Morning America host Amy Robach is apologizing for her use of the phrase “colored people” during a broadcast this morning while discussing the issue of diversity in Hollywood.
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The remark, which initially sent social media into a spiral of controversy and anger, came during an interview segment while Robach was discussing issues of productions hiring white actors in roles meant for non-white performers and vice versa when discussing Zendaya‘s rumored role in next year’s Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Watch her cringeworthy, unfortunate moment happen in real time (below):
@arobach did you just say??? #gma #coloredpeople pic.twitter.com/f8mjjsWeGw
— Mr Sinister (@Csampson71) August 22, 2016
Oof.
After the show, according to the Associated Press, Robach immediately issues a statement in which she called the incident “a mistake” and said she meant to say “people of color.”
She added:
“[It is] not at all a reflection of how I feel or speak in my everyday life.”
Yeah, one would hope.
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Statement or not, though, the damage was done — and social media users everywhere have been up in arms today with the issue, including some tweeting (below):
Ok @GMA please talk to #amyrobach. If she says #coloredpeople again I’ll have to find a new a.m. program to watch-she gets a pass this time
— FABWP (@_fabwp) August 22, 2016
First time in a while I turn on #gma and I hear @arobach say “colored people” in a story. So apparently I woke up in the 1950s ├░┼╕┬ñΓÇ¥ #really
— Cinnamon B Hernandez (@neicilaw) August 22, 2016
Amy Robach … please tell you didn’t just say “colored people” when discussing roles in 2016!!! Nooooooo Amy!!!#gma#disappointed
— Tan (@TanTan729) August 22, 2016
@arobach You need to be fired for this. I thought I was the only one who heard it. It’s so racist and so 1950″s
— DEBRA MOORE (@lcavellem) August 22, 2016
Yikes.
What a horrible choice of words!
[Image via Dennis Van Tine/Future Image/WENN.]
