Kelly Osbourne is under fire after she made a racist remark regarding Latinos on "The View" Tuesday, causing an uproar from the show's hosts.
The 30-year-old attempted to make a hard-hitting point about Donald Trump and his recent comments about immigration. However, her wording seemed to deem her a racist.
"If you kick every Latino out of this country, then who is going to be cleaning your toilet, Donald Trump?" she asked while discussing who would dare vote for the presidential candidate, who called Latinos murderers and rapists.
Raven-Symoné and Rosie Perez were quick to remind Osbourne that all races clean toilets. The reality star tried her best to make the hosts understand that she did not intend for her remarks to come off as racist. "I didn't mean it like that, come on," she said. "I would never mean it like that. I'm not part of this argument."
Co-host Michelle Collins then tried to clear the air by saying, "I think what you're saying is that Trump himself probably relies on a lot of these people he's insulting." Perhaps this is what Osbourne meant, however former host Sherri Shepherd also fanned the fire, taking to social media to discuss the "Fashion Police" star's comment.
oooh Lawd @KellyOsbourne latinos can only clean toilets... what are blacks good for? breastfeeding dem babies! Girl what did you just say!
— Sherri Shepherd (@SherriEShepherd) August 4, 2015
Shepherd later retracted her statement, admitting that what one says on live televisions can easily be misconstrued.
cutting @KellyOsbourne a little slack, bc I've done it myself ... sometimes isht comes out of your mouth live that you didn't mean to say — Sherri Shepherd (@SherriEShepherd) August 4, 2015
Perez issued an apology via Twitter.
My apologies @KellyOsbourne, I took your point wrong-#Trump #Latinos. My bad. You're heart is so pure & righteous. I adore you. @TheView — Rosie Perez (@rosieperezbklyn) August 4, 2015
However, Perez is not out of the fire just yet, as she is catching flack from the Latino community for her lack of support on the issue.
Osbourne owned up to her actions via Facebook, making it clear that she is not racist and did not mean any harm by the statement, but agrees her diction was poor. She added that she cleans her own toilets.
"I want to start by saying I ALWAYS take responsibility for my actions. In this particular case I will take responsibility for my poor choice of words but I will not apologize for being a racist as I am NOT," she wrote. "I whole-hearted f**ked up today. I don't want to bulls**t anyone with lame excuses."
"Although, I was stopped mid-sentence by Rosie and couldn't finish my point I will not let Rosie take responsibility for my words," she added. "I should have known better as I was on The View and it was live. I've learned a very valuable lesson. It is my hope that this situation will open up a conversation about immigration and the Latin community as a whole. By the way I clean my own f**king toilets."
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