QVC host, Sandra Bennett, ruffled a few naturalistas feathers during a Dooney & Bourke segment that aired last week, after making a "hair" comment during the time an African American female (Michelle Holloway) was shown modeling on camera.
While discussing how timeless a D&B handbag could be for potential buyers, the host said, "You might look back and think, why did I wear my hair like that? But you will like you're bag still [laughs]."
Her co-host, a rep for the fashion accessories company, added, "That's right. You won't look at your hair in the picture, you'll look at your handbag."
Oh?
After the taping a blogger, known as Bougie Black Girl, reached out to Sandra on twitter to express her distaste for the remarks which prompted the home shopping host to tweet out an apology.
The above tweets have since been deleted, but were replaced with an official apology that was posted to Sandra's Facebook account.
Hmm. I dunno. I mean, to put things into perspective Sandra did make the comment AFTER her co-host made a remark about being able to look back in 10 years and still appreciate the bag BUT still...tricky tricky.
Watch the video below and decide for yourself if the comment was mere coincidence, or just plain ole insensitive?
Well, if there's one thing I DO know, it's that you DON'T comment negatively on a black woman's faith OR her hair. If Sandra indeed "tried" it, I highly doubt she'll be doing so anymore. Lesson learned.
via Daily Mail
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