--- title: Samantha Bee Apologizes to Ivanka Trump for Feckless Comment description: Samantha Bee has apologized to Ivanka Trump in the midst of backlash over a controversial comment she made about the First Daughter. canonical: https://time.com/5297645/samantha-bee-apologizes-ivanka/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-31T19:49:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:29:17.017Z og:title: Samantha Bee Apologizes to Ivanka Trump for Profane Comment og:description: "It was inappropriate and inexcusable" og:url: https://time.com/5297645/samantha-bee-apologizes-ivanka/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b971e16177d3a26/6989320acf40a821f2c4c610/samantha-bee-apology.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Samantha Bee attends the 2017 Creative Arts Emmy Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Samantha Bee Apologizes to Ivanka Trump for Profane Comment twitter:description: "It was inappropriate and inexcusable" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b971e16177d3a26/6989320acf40a821f2c4c610/samantha-bee-apology.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'I Crossed a Line.' 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I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it."_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 31, 2018 7:49 PM UTC Samantha Bee has apologized to both Ivanka Trump and her viewers for her comments aimed at the first daughter saying, “It was inappropriate and inexcusable. I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it."  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 31, 2018 7:49 PM UTC [Samantha Bee](http://time.com/5264543/samantha-bee-sarah-huckabee-sanders-michelle-wolf/) has apologized to [Ivanka Trump](http://time.com/5292914/ivanka-trump-twitter-immigrant-child-separation/) in the midst of backlash over a [controversial comment](http://time.com/5297303/sarah-huckabee-sanders-ivanka-trump-samantha-bee/) she made about the First Daughter on Wednesday’s episode of _Full Frontal_. During a segment in which Bee juxtaposed a [photo](https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1000770717628104710) that Ivanka tweeted on Sunday showing her cuddling her toddler son Theodore 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 late-night host referred to Ivanka by a crude euphemism for a female body part. “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—,” Bee said during the bit_. “_He listens to you. Put on something tight and low-cut and tell him to stop it.” Bee issued an apology for the remark in a Thursday afternoon tweet that came hours after [White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders](http://time.com/5297303/sarah-huckabee-sanders-ivanka-trump-samantha-bee/) condemned her words. “I would like to sincerely apologize to Ivanka Trump and to my viewers for using an expletive on my show to describe her last night,” Bee wrote. “It was inappropriate and inexcusable. I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it.” > [](https://twitter.com/iamsambee/status/1002252496532856832) TBS, _Full Frontal_‘s home network, then followed her statement up with an apology of its own. “Samantha Bee has taken the right action in apologizing for the vile and inappropriate language she used about Ivanka Trump last night,” TBS tweeted. “Those words should not have been aired. 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