MTV Severs Ties With 'The Challenge' Star Dee Nguyen After 'Offensive' Black Lives Matter Tweet

Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter. You can sign up at the top of the page“It was only a matter of time.

Channel 4 star Ant Middleton is great at putting celebrities through their paces, but he seems to be less good at social media.The pint-sized TV tough guy has apologised for calling Black Lives Matter “absolute scum”.The SAS: Who Dares Wins star said that the Black Lives Matter protest group were the same as the far-right English Defence League in a now-deleted tweet. Writing to his followers he said: “The extreme left against the extreme right.

Nigel Farage is to leave his LBC radio show with immediate effect following his controversial statements about the Black Lives Matter campaign.The Brexit Party leader has presented on the London-based station regularly since January 2017.This week he compared those involved in the Black Lives Matter movement to the Taliban and branded those involved in taking down the statue of slave trader Edward Colston as a “violent mob”.He tweeted on Sunday: "A new form of the Taliban was born in the UK

Dee Nguyen is seeking help with her mental health following her offensive social media comments and MTV severing ties with her, a rep for the Challenge contestant exclusively confirmed to E! News.  "Dee is currently in a mental health awareness spa resort in an undisclosed location with minders, coping with everything transpiring to the most recent events," her rep said in a statement.

People.MTV did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment Wednesday, but in a statement to E! News, the network said, “MTV pulled ‘Teen Mom OG At Home: Cory & Taylor’s Baby Special’ from its Tuesday schedule and is ending our relationship with Taylor Selfridge in light of her past racist statements on social media.

The Challenge star Dee Nguyen is speaking out following MTV’s decision to cut all ties with her following her racially charged tweets.“I want to sincerely apologize to my fellow cast members, the production crew at Bunin-Murray and the staff at MTV for my choice of words and actions in the most recent events,” the reality star, 27, said in an exclusive statement to Us Weekly on Wednesday, June 10. “What was stated wasn’t meant to be hurtful or discriminatory in any matter.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Challenge” is cutting ties with contestant Dee Nguyen.According to screenshots from fellow “The Challenge” cast member Bayleigh Dayton, Nguyen had posted “Idk why some of u think I’m anti BLM. I’ve been saying that since the day I lost my virginity” in a since-deleted tweet.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe current season of MTV’s reality competition series The Challenge will be going forward without cast member Dee Nguyen following insensitive comments she made about the Black Lives Matter movement and the killing of George Floyd.“As a result of Dee Nguyen’s offensive comments about the Black Lives Matter movement, MTV and Bunim/Murray Productions have severed ties with her.,” MTV and Bunim/Murray said in a joint statement.

Also Read: MTV Is 'Exploring' Options for Live VMAs From Brooklyn in AugustNguyen came under fire over the weekend for multiple since-deleted social media posts referencing the anti-racism movement and the recent upswell of Black Lives Matter protests.According to Jezebel, the comments came when Nguyen was criticized by an Instagram commenter for participating in the “Black Out Tuesday” trend, which critics said did little to support the actual activist movement that has captured the nation’s

MTV has cut their relationship with Dee Nguyen, following her remarks on the Black Lives Matter movement over the weekend.

Dee Nguyen has been fired from MTV sports reality show “The Challenge” after making insensitive comments about the Black Lives Matter movement. Nguyen, featured in the ongoing season, got into a spat with her social media followers after she posted about “Black Out Tuesday” last week. According to The Ashley, one person responded, “Wake up! People are dying.” Nguyen, 27, reportedly responded, “People die every f–king day.

The Challenge is cutting ties with Dee Nguyen. The MTV show announced on Monday that it "severed ties with her" as a result of her "offensive comments on the Black Lives Matter movement." "Out of respect for our Challengers, we'll air our season as planned," the tweeted statement said about Dee, who appears on The Challenge: Total Madness.

The Challenge has cut ties with cast member Dee Nguyen on the heels of her controversial comments about Black Lives Matter.“As a result of Dee Nguyen’s offensive comments on the Black Lives Matter movement, we have severed ties with her,” the MTV reality competition series announced via Twitter on Monday, June 8. “Out of respect for our Challengers, we’ll air our season as planned.

Outlander star Sam Heughan has revealed he joined the Black Lives Matter protest in Glasgow at the weekend. The actor, who has previously tweeted his support for the movement, posted pics of the protest on instagram adding that he felt he had to break lockdown to join the protest because he believes it is hugely important.Speaking about the protest, which passed peacefully on Glasgow Green, Sam wrote:“Standing in solidarity, great turnout and peaceful but determined protest.