Lara Spencer Apologizes For Mocking Prince George's Ballet Lessons On GMA
Lara Spencer is speaking out about some controversial remarks she made on Thursday's Good Morning America regarding the future King of England. During a segment about Prince George's curriculum, Spencer mocked the six-year-old royal's budding interest in ballet.
"In addition to the usual first- and second-grade things like math, science and history, the future King of England will be putting down the Play-Doh to take on religious studies, computer programming, poetry and ballet, among other things," Spencer said, holding for (and seemingly encouraging) laughter from the audience. She continued, "Prince William says Prince George absolutely loves ballet. I have news for you, Prince William: We'll see how long that lasts."
Spencer later took to Instagram to explain herself: "My sincere apologies for an insensitive comment I made in pop news yesterday," she wrote. "From ballet to anything one wants to explore in life, I say GO FOR IT. I fully believe we should all be free to pursue our passions. Go climb your mountain-and love every minute of it."
Nigel Lythgoe, creator of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance, took Spencer to task on Twitter for perpetuating the nonsensical stigma surrounding male dancers:
2/ better than that. Those of us with the platform of entering peoples homes have a duty to educate and inform. Both Dancing With The Stars and my own show SYTYCD have fought the stigma that has been built up over the years by a homophobic, narrow minded society. Neither of my
— Nigel Lythgoe OBE (@dizzyfeet) August 23, 2019
3/ two boys wanted to dance. My 4 year-old grandson, Leo, loves to do 'ballet' with the girls. It makes me smile to see how much he loves it. I hope he's never made to feel uncomfortable if he wishes to continue into adulthood.
— Nigel Lythgoe OBE (@dizzyfeet) August 23, 2019
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