Samantha Bee Mocks Student With Cancer For Having "Nazi Hair" - Joe Concha w: Tucker Carlson
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Samantha Bee Mocks Brain Cancer Patient at CPAC For Having ‘Nazi Hair’- TBS’ late-night comedy show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee issued an apology Thursday after a video segment mocked a conservative man for sporting a “Nazi” haircut when in fact he suffers from Stage 4 brain cancer. “This year, the bow ties were gone, replaced by Nazi hair, Nazi hair, Nazi hair… and CPAC was decidedly Trump country.” a Full Frontal correspondent says in the video clip, as multiple images of young men with partially shaved heads appear on screen.
One image, however, showed Kyle Coddington, who, according to his sister, Megan, is suffering from “stage 4 brain cancer.”
Cancer Patient Speaks Out on Samantha Bee's 'Inconsiderate' Mocking of His 'Nazi Hair' A man with brain cancer who was unwittingly mocked by Samantha Bee for having "Nazi hair" said this morning that the comedian issued a "half-apology."
Bee, the host of "Full Frontal" on TBS, apologized Thursday for a segment in which Kyle Coddington, 20, and others at CPAC were mocked for having "Nazi hair."
ate-night host Samantha Bee apologized on Thursday for a segment on her show that made fun of a cancer patient’s haircut.
The clip on “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” showed several men, who producer Mike Rubens said had “Nazi hair,” at last month’s Conservative Political Action Conference.
One of the men in the piece was Kyle Coddington. He’s a contributor for the Outset Network, which reported that he recently completed his first round of chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
According to a GoFundMe page that was set up in December, Coddington has been diagnosed with a stage 4 glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
“Please delete this episode. I look like a balding potato,” he said in a tweet to Bee. In a followup post he said “Also, it’s not a Nazi haircut. Richard Spencer’s is, but mine’s from cancer.”
The show issued an apology on its official Twitter account.
“We deeply apologize for offending @_that_kyle in our CPAC segment. We only learned of his condition today & have removed him from the piece.”
Bee also apologized to Coddington and his sister, whose tweet about the story was liked and shared thousands of times.
Coddington’s sister tweeted, saying “When @iamsambee makes fun of your brother for having “Nazi hair.” He actually has stage 4 brain cancer, but whatever floats your boat.”
One image, however, showed Kyle Coddington, who, according to his sister, Megan, is suffering from “stage 4 brain cancer.”
Cancer Patient Speaks Out on Samantha Bee's 'Inconsiderate' Mocking of His 'Nazi Hair' A man with brain cancer who was unwittingly mocked by Samantha Bee for having "Nazi hair" said this morning that the comedian issued a "half-apology."
Bee, the host of "Full Frontal" on TBS, apologized Thursday for a segment in which Kyle Coddington, 20, and others at CPAC were mocked for having "Nazi hair."
ate-night host Samantha Bee apologized on Thursday for a segment on her show that made fun of a cancer patient’s haircut.
The clip on “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” showed several men, who producer Mike Rubens said had “Nazi hair,” at last month’s Conservative Political Action Conference.
One of the men in the piece was Kyle Coddington. He’s a contributor for the Outset Network, which reported that he recently completed his first round of chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
According to a GoFundMe page that was set up in December, Coddington has been diagnosed with a stage 4 glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
“Please delete this episode. I look like a balding potato,” he said in a tweet to Bee. In a followup post he said “Also, it’s not a Nazi haircut. Richard Spencer’s is, but mine’s from cancer.”
The show issued an apology on its official Twitter account.
“We deeply apologize for offending @_that_kyle in our CPAC segment. We only learned of his condition today & have removed him from the piece.”
Bee also apologized to Coddington and his sister, whose tweet about the story was liked and shared thousands of times.
Coddington’s sister tweeted, saying “When @iamsambee makes fun of your brother for having “Nazi hair.” He actually has stage 4 brain cancer, but whatever floats your boat.”