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Bette Midler is known for speaking her mind, but a now-deleted tweet has landed her in hot water. Now, she is apologizing for it.
In the controversial tweet Thursday, the “Hocus Pocus” actress, 72, wrote “women, are the n-word of the world.”
She continued: “Raped, beaten, enslaved, married off, worked like dumb animals; denied education and inheritance; enduring the pain and danger of childbirth and life IN SILENCE for THOUSANDS of years They are the most disrespected creatures on earth.”
After mass backlash and calls for the tweet’s deletion, Midler obliged three hours later and issued an apology.
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