MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry breaks down during Romney apology
By DYLAN BYERS | 1/4/14 4:22 PM EST
MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry offered a tearful and passionate apology to the Romneys on Saturday for remarks she and her panelists made about the family's adopted black grandchild.
In a segment last week, Harris-Perry joked about the grandson while one panelist, actress Pia Glenn, sang “one of these things is not like the other” and comedian Dean Obeidallah sought to draw a parallel to the Republican Party's problems with diversity. The remarks drew heavy criticism from high-profile conservatives like Sarah Palin and Scott Brown.
Harris-Perry apologized on Twitter early last week, but criticism continued to mount, as both CNN and Fox News ran reports on the remarks.
In her apology on Saturday, Harris-Perry said she had intended to say "positive and celebratory things" about the photo.
"But whatever the intent was, the reality is that the segment proceeded in a way that was offensive, and showing the photo in that context of the segment was poor judgment," she said. "So, without reservation or qualification, I apologize to the Romney family."
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