Samantha Bee Apologizes for Misogynistic Slur Against Ivanka

Samantha Bee apologized to Ivanka Trump and her viewers for using the "c" word to describe the president's daughter.

Bee issued a statement Thursday that said her language was "inappropriate and inexcusable." She said she crossed a line and deeply regrets it.In a discussion of President Trump's immigration policies on Bee's TBS show "Full Frontal" on Wednesday, she used a vulgarity in reference to Ivanka Trump and urged her to talk to her father about his immigration policies.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the language was "vile and vicious" and called on network management to demonstrate it would not be condoned.

TBS said Bee had taken the right step in apologizing. The network said "it was our mistake, too." The network did not say whether there would be any consequences for Bee or the show.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday said executives at TBS and corporate parent Time Warner "must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned."

Liberal Media Hypocrisy

Coming two days after ABC canceled "Roseanne" following a racist tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, Bee's remark was immediately seized upon by conservatives who believe offensive language by liberals is not viewed as harshly.

Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary under President George W. Bush, tweeted there is a double standard in action when you compare the mainstream media's reactions between the two events.

"There's no uprising against Bee," Fleischer wrote. "Why? Because she is a liberal. Because the MSM protects Obama and his aides, but not Trump. The hypocrisy is sickening."

Bee, formerly at "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart, got her own show at TBS and it is one of the network's biggest successes.

AutoTrader.com on Thursday said it would pull its ads from "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" amid the host's vile misogyny.

Bee's commentary is likely to be a corporate headache. Time Warner, which owns channels including TBS, CNN and HBO, is in the process of being acquired by AT&T for $85 billion. The Justice Department has sued to block the deal, however, due to monopoly concerns, and a decision on whether or not it will proceed is expected June 12.