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“You just keep doing your job and let it happen, and then hope the fallout won’t be that bad. The rest of the show went on like normal, and we all just did our jobs, and then right after the show was over, Megyn was rushed away to talk to the network, and the rest of us just waited,” the source adds.
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The former Fox News host caused controversy Tuesday morning during a discussion about censoring Halloween costumes with Jacob Soboroff,Melissa RiversandJenna Bush Hager.
“Because truly, you do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface at Halloween or a black person who puts on white face for Halloween. Back when I was a kid, that was okay as long as you were dressing up as like a character,” Kelly said.
The mother of three has apologized twice — first in aninternal email to colleaguesand thenon-air— but PEOPLE has confirmed that her hour ofTodayisdone for good.
“The apology was really tense. I just held my breath and was like, ‘Oh, God, this is a nightmare.’ When she finished with the apology, I think that was the first time I breathed,” the source recalls of Kelly’s apology on Wednesday’s episode. “It was really tense and uncomfortable.”
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An NBC spokesperson confirmed to PEOPLE earlier Thursday that the network will air pre-taped episodes for the rest of the week.
Kelly’s NBC colleagues havecondemned her harshly on-air.Craig Melvincalled her remarks “indefensible” as well as “ignorant and racist,” andAl Rokerinsisted she “owes a bigger apology to folks of color around the country.”
source: people.com
