CNN Reporter Apologizes for ‘Immature’ Old Tweets With Gay Slurs
CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins apologized Sunday evening after a series of old tweets emerged which revealed the White House correspondent had used a gay slur on the platform in posts seven years ago when she was a college student.
“When I was in college, I used ignorant language in a few tweets to my friends. It was immature but it doesn’t represent the way I feel at all. I regret it and apologize,” Collins said in a brief statement.
When I was in college, I used ignorant language in a few tweets to my friends. It was immature but it doesn’t represent the way I feel at all. I regret it and apologize.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 7, 2018
In the posts, Collins repeatedly used the slur “fag” about gay people, and in one said she would feel uncomfortable about having a lesbian as a roommate.
She later deleted the...
“When I was in college, I used ignorant language in a few tweets to my friends. It was immature but it doesn’t represent the way I feel at all. I regret it and apologize,” Collins said in a brief statement.
When I was in college, I used ignorant language in a few tweets to my friends. It was immature but it doesn’t represent the way I feel at all. I regret it and apologize.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 7, 2018
In the posts, Collins repeatedly used the slur “fag” about gay people, and in one said she would feel uncomfortable about having a lesbian as a roommate.
She later deleted the...
- 10/8/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
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