--- description: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke out Thursday about TV host and comedian Samantha Bee title: Trump's Press Secretary Says Samantha Bee's Comment About Ivanka Trump Was 'Disguisting' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbe8806b9adb959f/6988cfbaab6d77231e6ae577/samantha-bee-watergate-trump-worse-than-nixon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Trump's Press Secretary Says Samantha Bee's Comment About Ivanka Trump Was 'Disgusting' by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 7:35 PM CUTPublished: May 31, 2018 4:44 PM CUT  BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MAY 23: Writer and comedian Samantha Bee arrives at TBS' "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee" For Your Consideration Event at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on May 23, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/WireImage) BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MAY 23: Writer and comedian Samantha Bee arrives at TBS' "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee" For Your Consideration Event at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on May 23, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/WireImage)Amanda Edwards—WireImage by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 7:35 PM CUTPublished: May 31, 2018 4:44 PM CUT Samantha Bee has apologized for describing First Daughter Ivanka Trump by using a crude euphemism for a female body part, saying her comment on _Full Frontal with Samantha Bee_ was “inappropriate and inexcusable.” “I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it,” Bee said in the statement shared on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/iamsambee/status/1002252496532856832) The apology came hours after White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke out out the comment. “The language used by Samantha Bee last night is vile and vicious. The collective silence by the left and its media allies is appalling,” Sanders said in a statement to [_TheWrap_](https://www.thewrap.com/samantha-bee-sarah-sanders-white-house-vile-vicious-tbs-time-warner/ "undefined"). Bee, who hosts _Full Frontal with Samantha Bee_ on TBS, was referring to a photo that Ivanka Trump tweeted on Sunday showing her cuddling with her toddler son Theodore. Bee juxtaposed it with a U.S. immigration policy that allows border security officials to separate children from their parents if they are caught crossing over into the U.S. (The policy itself had been the [subject of rancorous confusion](http://time.com/5296637/trump-administration-lose-immigrant-children/ "undefined") following a misleading viral news story.) “Y’know, Ivanka, that’s a beautiful photo of you and your child, but let me just say, one mother to another: do something about your dad’s immigration policies, you feckless c\*\*\*,” the comedian said Wednesday during a monologue on her show_._ “He listens to you. Put on something tight and low-cut and tell him to stop it.” > [](https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1000770717628104710) In her statement, Sanders went on to suggest that the executives responsible for Bee’s show should take action about the matter. “Her disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast, and executives at Time Warner and TBS must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned on its network.” TBS did not immediately return TIME’s request for comment. Sanders is far from the only one upset about the episode. Just hours before Bee’s monologue, ABC had announced that it was canceling its reboot of _Roseanne_ after its star, Roseanne Barr, posted a tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett, an advisor to President Barack Obama, to an ape. Commentators on the right were swift to suggest a double standard among television networks. > [](https://twitter.com/BrentBozell/status/1002210143554211843) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5297303/sarah-huckabee-sanders-ivanka-trump-samantha-bee/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5297303/sarah-huckabee-sanders-ivanka-trump-samantha-bee/"},"headline":"Trump's Press Secretary Says Samantha Bee's Comment About Ivanka Trump Was 'Disgusting'","datePublished":"2018-05-31T16:44:54.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T19:35:08.000Z","description":"Bee described Ivanka Trump with a crude euphemism for a female body part","url":"https://time.com/5297303/sarah-huckabee-sanders-ivanka-trump-samantha-bee/","keywords":["White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbe8806b9adb959f/6988cfbaab6d77231e6ae577/samantha-bee-watergate-trump-worse-than-nixon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbe8806b9adb959f/6988cfbaab6d77231e6ae577/samantha-bee-watergate-trump-worse-than-nixon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TBS' \"Full Frontal With Samantha Bee\" For Your Consideration Event - Arrivals","caption":"TBS' \"Full Frontal With Samantha Bee\" For Your Consideration Event - Arrivals","creditText":"Amanda Edwards—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5297303/sarah-huckabee-sanders-ivanka-trump-samantha-bee/","name":"Trump's Press Secretary Says Samantha Bee's Comment About Ivanka Trump Was 'Disgusting'"}}]}] ```