"Shortly after Donald Trump launched his first White House run in 2015, television's Kelly Osbourne made one of her regular appearances on The View, which is basically the American version of Loose Women but doesn't feel the need to have a cringey title. Trump had made some extremely nasty comments about Mexican immigrants, and Kelly had a rhetorical question for the other ladies gathered round the wood-effect dining table that morning."
"The reaction from fellow panellist Rosie Perez was instantaneously negative, to the point that even Kelly realised in the moment that this needed clean-up. Apparently there weren't any willing rubber-gloved Latinos on hand, so madam was going to have to do it herself. I didn't mean it like that, Osbourne shot back. Come on! You know I would never mean it like that! I'm not part of this argument."
"A media firestorm nonetheless ensued, though Kelly declined to apologise for even the appearance of racism, I think on the basis that people like her simply are not capable of subconsciously holding unpleasant views that they accidentally reveal while making important TV appearances. I must say I thought of Kelly's faux pas when I saw Green party leader Zack Polanski appearing on Question Time last week."
Kelly Osbourne made a remark questioning who would clean toilets if Latinos were expelled, provoking an immediate negative reaction from Rosie Perez and an attempted on-air clean-up. Kelly denied malicious intent, refused to apologise for the appearance of racism, and the exchange generated a media firestorm. Later, Green Party leader Zack Polanski stated on Question Time that one in five care workers are foreign nationals and said he did not want to wipe someone's bum while expressing gratitude for those workers. The remarks drew criticism for reducing migrants to menial roles and exposing performative gratitude amid anti-woke sentiment.
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