Christina Applegate and Candace Owens / Getty
*Christina Applegate is calling out Candace Owens for mocking a disabled model who appears in a wheelchair for a clothing ad.
The conservative commentator slammed the advertisement for Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS clothing line during an episode of her Daily Wire podcast. The ad features the model in a wheelchair wearing a bra and underwear. “SKIMS — made for every body,” the ad reportedly said.
“I don’t really understand how far we’re going to take this inclusivity thing,” Owens said in a YouTube video,The Blast reports. “I really don’t get it. I don’t know. And if I’m wrong, again, educate me, today. I just want to be educated in the comments.”
She continued, “Why did they do this? I don’t know, I don’t know why this needed to be done. I’m getting tired of this all-inclusivity thing. It seems ridiculous.”
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Yes late tweet.But woke to see the most horrifying thing. This Candace person making comments about companies who see we need help. It’s fucking gross. I thank skims and Tommy and Guide beauty and @neowalksticks for seeing https://t.co/lFiHFuYGY2 you #youshouldknowbetter
— christina applegate (@1capplegate) March 23, 2023
Owens concluded her rant by claiming people in wheelchairs would agree with her criticism. “I think they’re on my side. I think they think this is stupid,” she said.
Three weeks after Owens’ remarks went viral on Twitter, Applegate clapped back online.
“Yes late tweet.But woke to see the most horrifying thing,” the actress, who revealed in 2021 that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, wrote. “This Candace person making comments about companies who see we need help. It’s f—ing gross.”
In a second tweet, Applegate said she could not sleep because “my rage is keeping me awake.”
“Candace Owens, do you know when you have seen pictures of me how f—ing hard it was to get my clothes on?”Applegate asked. “A team has to help me!!! So I’m excited for accessibility clothing for me and my community.”
In a third tweet, the former “Married with Children” star said, “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.”
Owens responded to Applegate on March 23.
“I think Christina, that what you may have missed is that covering absurd DEI initiatives is a recurring beat on my show,” Owens tweeted. “We actually did not know that this particular ad featured a specific technology designed for people with disabilities, which was an honest mistake.”
Meanwhile, Haleigh Rosa is the model featured in the SKIMS ad and she is paralyzed from the waist down. She addressed Owen’s comments in an interview with Forbes.
“After getting injured I remember not seeing anyone like me in campaigns,” Rosa said. “At the same time, I was relearning simple tasks like clothing myself. It would have been so helpful to see someone in a wheelchair; I’m so happy that we’re finally coming around. Seeing someone like you matters; representation matters.”
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