Over the weekend, Julianne Hough attended a Halloween party in...wait for it...blackface. She was supposed to be dressed up as a character from the Netflix series Orange Is The New Black but everyone was too shocked to notice.
As expected, twitter blew up and one actress in particular, Martha Plimpton (from the movie The Goonies and more recently from the sitcom Raising Hope), went on a twitter rant.
Not every pretty person with two legs needs to be famous. People who DO things, okay. It just makes nonsense like this inevitable.— Martha Plimpton (@MarthaPlimpton) October 26, 2013
Can we use this moment additionally to also recognize that elevating morons to celebrity status does not help the world in any way? Ever?— Martha Plimpton (@MarthaPlimpton) October 26, 2013
It's not hard. White people: Do not wear blackface. Life will still be okay if you don't ever, ever, jever, wear blackface. OKAY? GREAT.— Martha Plimpton (@MarthaPlimpton) October 26, 2013
Julianne quickly apologized on twitter.
I am a huge fan of the show Orange is the New black, actress Uzo Aduba, and the character she has created. (cont) http://t.co/z5guo2Ogfi— Julianne Hough (@juliannehough) October 26, 2013
A little advice for Julianne: make some new smarter friends. You know, friends that won't let you act like a dummy.
I'm more upset that Julianne Hough dressed like a good actress.— rob delaney (@robdelaney) October 27, 2013
Just a little something for @juliannehough and everyone else for every Halloween ever: pic.twitter.com/oGRYompkvs— Travon Free (@Travon) October 28, 2013
Julianne Hough wore blackface to a Halloween party. Guess she'd didn't want 'Rock of Ages' to be the worst thing she ever did.— Eli Braden (@EliBraden) October 26, 2013
Will this be the end of the Julianne Hough Proactiv commercials?
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