In 2015, Donald Trump was campaigning for the White House, which was marked by shocking comments and outrage. During his June 2015 launch speech, Trump made disparaging assumptions about Mexican immigrants, claiming, “[Mexico] are sending people that have lots of problems, and they are bringing those problems to us. They are bringing drugs, and bringing crime, and their rapists” [via The Guardian]. This angered many, including Kelly Osbourne, who voiced this during an August 2015 episode of “The View,” though she attracted outrage of her own.
“If you kick every Latino out of this country, then who is going to be cleaning your toilet, Donald Trump? You know what I mean?” Osbourne stated. Her comment visibly shifted the energy among her panel of hosts, especially actor Rosie Perez, who fired back at Osbourne with, “There’s more jobs than that in the country for Latinos, and Latinos are not the only people who clean toilets.” Osbourne faced outrage from viewers, though she addressed it swiftly with a Facebook statement shortly after the episode aired. Years later, in January 2024, Osbourne revealed how ashamed she was of her words in a chat with Rolling Stone, admitting, “It hurt a lot of people. That to me, by far, makes it the worst thing I’ve ever done.”
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