Actress Christina Applegate has called out American conservative author Candace Owens for ableism.
Earlier this week, the talk show host commented on an 11-month-old Skims ad campaign that featured a model in a wheelchair, calling it “ridiculous”.
The campaign was for Kim Kardashian’s ‘Adaptive’ collection, which features accessible underwear with hook and eye closures for accessibility. The campaign featured a range of disabled people modelling the garments.
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Owens, who spoke on her podcast, ’The Daily Wire’ said, “I don’t know why this needs to be done. I’m just getting tired of this all-inclusivity thing. It seems ridiculous.”
She added that she assumed disabled people would have to buy bras and underwear.
“I assumed it was a thing,” Owens says. “I didn’t know that we had to see that in our face, I didn’t know that now we’re gonna have to look forward to campaigns where women that are in wheelchairs are now wearing bras and underwear,” she said.
After hearing Owen’s comments on the Skims campaign, Applegate addressed the controversial host in a tweet.
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Watch more in the video above.
”Going to try and sleep but my rage is keeping me awake,” she began. “Candace Owens, do you know when you have seen pictures of me how f–king hard it was to get my clothes on? A team has to help me!!! So I’m excited for accessibility clothing for me and my community,” she wrote in a Twitter post.
She later tweeted, “I thought my last tweet was enough. But then my heart said something else. No rage. If Candace wants to get on the phone with me to be educated on being disabled. I will not come with anger. I will come with love. Because she needs to hear that. I pray for her tonight. sincerely.”
Owens responded to Applegate with the below tweet.
https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1638915541367750657?s=20
Applegate revealed her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2021 and has been transparent about the difficulties she faces day-to-day since.
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