“As a result, we have suspended our sponsorship,” they said.
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CNN Money reported that an Autotrader spokesperson explained the suspension is not a temporary thing. “We will not run Autotrader advertising on Samantha Bee’s show moving forward,” they wrote in a statement to the outlet.
State Farm Insurance is also pulling their advertising dollars.
The company told CNN Money, “[We have] asked TBS to suspend our advertising in the program and are reviewing any future placements. We constantly review programs to ensure alignment to our programming guidelines and brand values.”
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Samantha Beeapologized for her remarks on Thursday in a statement through TBS and on Twitter.
“I would like to sincerely apologize toIvanka Trumpand my viewers for using an expletive on my show to describe her last night,” she wrote. “It was inappropriate and inexcusable. I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it.”
Her apology came after some backlash, including from White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and NBC’sMegyn Kelly.
President Donald Trumpalso called for Bee’s firing.
“Why aren’t they firing no talent Samantha Bee for the horrible language used on her low ratings show?” he wrote on Twitter, Friday morning. “A total double standard but that’s O.K., we are Winning, and will be doing so for a long time to come!”
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Earlier on Thursday,Kelly likened Bee’s comment to Roseanne Barr’s racist tweetabout former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, tweeting: “This is disgusting. How is this acceptable? And how are we expected to take any of these publications seriously if they gleefully repost something like this at the same time they (rightfully) condemn @therealroseanne? You know the saying Love is Love? Well Hate is Hate.”
source: people.com
