Starring on a TV drama is hard enough, but Sophia Bush had to do so while putting some IRL personal drama aside.
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accusations of racism after a viral video showed an employee snubbing two black girls at the Pennsylvania theme park last weekend. Defenders of the “Sesame Street” establishment said the incident may have been an unintentional one-off, but several other clips have surfaced showing similarly problematic behavior.
The videos — several of which were recorded by other black visitors to the Pennsylvania park in recent weeks — were shared by the popular Instagram account @frobabies, which posed the question: “Is this a pattern?”The Post has reached out to Sesame Place for comment.One heartbreaking video shows an excited black boy being ignored by an employee dressed up as Sesame Street’s Rosita — the same character who snubbed the black girls in the original viral clip. The boy’s mom, Cydney Moore, told The Post that she and her family flew from North Carolina specifically to visit Sesame Place, as “Sesame Street” is her 2-year-old son’s “favorite show.”“It was heartbreaking,” Moore said of the moment Rosita snubbed her toddler.
“To see the look on my son’s face after he was ignored and overlooked was devastating. He didn’t understand why Rosita didn’t give him a high-five or at least wave at him.”A post shared by FROBABIES®️ (@frobabies)Moore said she later comforted her son, saying, “I gave him a big hug and told him I loved him.”The incident isn’t an isolated one, with the @frobabies account sharing two other shocking clips similarly showing Rosita ignoring black children.
Starring on a TV drama is hard enough, but Sophia Bush had to do so while putting some IRL personal drama aside.
Sophia Bush has revealed what it was like to continue working with her ex-husband Chad Michael Murray on the set of One Tree Hill after their divorce. The actress, 40, starred as Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill alongside Murray, who played her love interest Lucas Scott. The co-stars started dating in real life in 2003 and were married in 2005, only to split just five months later.
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David Muir has talked frequently in the past about his close friendship with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, and opened up in greater detail about how he champions her family as well.MORE: David Muir sparks conversation with shirtless vacation photoThe ABC News anchor appeared on a recent installment of Live with Kelly and Ryan to talk to her and co-host Ryan Seacrest about his life in the past few months.VIDEO: David Muir's glimpse into his lavish homeAlong with opening up about his recent projects and adventures with his dog Axel, he also talked of spending a majority of his summer upstate. "I kind of miss our weekends together," Kelly reacted, at which point David mentioned that they'd often spend days by the pool and barbecue together and did so at the start of summer.MORE: Was David Muir ever married? Why fans thought he'd found love"You are a great grill master, your cheeseburgers are delicious," Kelly gushed. "Joaquin would rather eat at David's than anywhere else on earth."The World News Tonight anchor clearly felt a surge of pride upon hearing this and then talked of meeting her youngest at a recent pool party, saying: "You bring Joaquin, and I'm like 'who's this guy you've brought with you?' David and Kelly have been friends for years"Joaquin, he's been a grown-up since he was a kid.
Kelly Rowland has slammed Sesame Place after claims it “ignored” two young Black girls who went to visit the theme park last weekend.Rowland called out Sesame Place – a US theme park based on the children’s TV show Sesame Street – after the incident, which went viral after a video was shared of the moment. A performer dressed as Sesame Street character Rosita seemingly ignores two young Black children who try to catch the attention of the character at the theme park.
Sesame Workshop is in the hot seat after videos of cast members at their theme park, Sesame Park, seem to show many Black children being mistreated by their favorite characters! And people are pissed off by the alleged behavior — including Kelly Rowland!
Kelly Rowland is still fuming over a recent scandal with “Sesame Street”.
Kelly Rowland is still fuming over a recent scandal with . In a video posted to social media over the weekend, a performer in a Rosita costume at Sesame Place Philadelphia appears to blatantly ignore two young Black girls as they reach out for high-fives and hugs just moments after engaging with other white visitors at the park. While some were quick to dismiss the interaction as a misunderstanding, multiple videos of similar incidents involving Black children have also surfaced online. «I'm still upset,» Rowland told ET's Kevin Frazier on Monday at the Los Angeles premiere of, after sharing a video addressing the incident. Rowland reminisced about what a pivotal role the beloved children's program had in her own learning experiences growing up, while slamming 's official mea culpa. «I was livid,» she fumed.
accusations of racism, the organization is promising to make changes.The footage shared by a mother — who has now retained a lawyer, according to TMZ — on Instagram shows her young daughters being ignored by the Rosita character from “Sesame Street.” The Muppet appears to high-five the park visitors around them, but skipped over the two little girls of color. “I’m going to keep posting this, because this had me hot,” one of the girl’s mothers, posting under the Instagram handle @__jodiii__, wrote Saturday.The original video has racked up more than 550,000 views as of Tuesday morning.