'GMA' Host on Mocking Ballet: 'I Screwed Up'

[@skylerharrison2000]

The only reason she says this is because she doesn't want to be fired or hated by celebrities

[@nesirsitsir]

It's just sad that the culture we live in now is so full of sensitive people who can find a way to get offended at anything. It was just a funny ironic comment and wasn't worth having to apologize for. 20 years ago that's all her comment would have been considered; sarcastic humor. Really makes me wonder if we continue along this trajectory what comedy is going to look like in the future.

[@reyes3579]

True

[@youraveragekpopstan3309]

It was a joke people can not take jokes anymore

[@nope4830]

@@nesirsitsir niggas be too sensitive now and days

[@dontbesoemotionalmate9468]

Snowflakes everywhere smh

[@iikhalaii8784]

And her co stars laughed too so where is their apology

[@hecticerectic9588]

Right!! 👏👏👏

[@alisakardoza6342]

Exactly !!

[@Alan_Marin]

IIKHALAII idk why everyone is only blaming on the woman

[@fuckayou3209]

She made the joke. On top of this we should also be getting the audience members going by your logic.

[@iikhalaii8784]

@@xmusicmanx1 no actually

[@spidertech4974]

Dang they took this way too far.

[@Youneverknow222]

It's ridiculous

[@luckytakahama6737]

Ikr it’s not even that serious

[@frankwess7235]

@David Munir huh? She clowned a little boy. Thats called bullying. Imagine if that was a girl who wanted to play football, baseball or something with dudes and somebody said it wasnt for her. Who is this lady to knock anything. Yea, yea they blew it up more then normally because it was royalty but lets not throw the focus in a different direction and lets learn from it.

[@jaclynzinck4241]

They did. Her apology should’ve been the end of it.

[@frankwess7235]

@@jaclynzinck4241 alright, aint this the apology?

[@justg94]

Her apology is as hallow as my empty bag of chips. The others who laughed should also apologized.

[@washredskin887]

Lighten up. I thought it was funny.

[@sophiamartinez8644]

@@washredskin887 Well you're wrong, The actual comment wasn't as inappropriate as what it was supporting.

[@johnnyssVlogs]

she couldn’t even keep a straight face, you can see her grinning behind that fake ass “honest look” she had

[@Gradgirl]

@@washredskin887lots of boys get picked on for wanting to dance. An adult fun fun about kids, specifically boys, who dance is a jerk move.

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

She said we'll see how long that lasts. Maybe she was I playing that kids go through phases of interest? Anyone ever think of that?

[@ilovemyfamgd]

Bernard's Channel yes that's how I took it to be ,and because he has other activities besides Ballet

[@valentinaminauro352]

I did thought the same thing

[@K3r0411]

Barrier Boy I would hope not, but it doesn’t make any sense to bring gender dysphoria into this. My four year old niece takes ballet, and while she liked it at first I can see already that her interest is fading. And her one year old brother has been dancing his butt off on his dad’s shoulders while watching her. But IMO Spencer’s remark was mostly about gender. She would never have made that remark about George’s little sister. Nor would people have laughed if she did. She would have been like “aaaawwww, how cute!”

[@JamesJesseGTA]

That was my first thought. Just watch. He's liking ballet now, but give it a few more years and he'll want to be like PewDiePie.

[@hopehansen2336]

That’s what I thought when I heard it.

[@skye3915]

i still don't think she is sorry

[@marcus3538]

ѕкує ɔɹoʌɐʇo who tf cares if she’s sorry

[@marcus3538]

MerksPintSizedPenis I’m sure all your 195 subscribers care😂😂😂

[@dngnascar]

2019, I’m tellin ya 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jaclynzinck4241]

DNG ikr 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@jaclynzinck4241]

Big Flako AMT what the hell dude I’m 14

[@glubnars2931]

@@jaclynzinck4241 yea I'm 16

[@jaclynzinck4241]

Big Flako AMT that is no excuse for ASKING A RANDOM UNDERAGE GIRL FOR NUDES, also, my profile picture doesn’t have me in it and you don’t know me so why the hell would you ask me for nudes? Is this a dumb prank? Did you just decide to randomly ask someone in the comments section for nudes just to see how they’d react? Is that how you get your kicks?

[@hecticerectic9588]

2020 - 🤐🤬🙊😶🤫🤭😒

[@vko.]

'Screwed up?' gurl all you did was make a joke. And cuz he's a royal it's such a big deal.

[@christinajuste]

Exactly 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@GrinFlash007]

Just imagine if it was a transgender royal 😱

[@xxsideouz8953]

@@GrinFlash007 She would be publicly executed lmao

[@jaclynzinck4241]

True

[@Trd2020]

It’s cause everyone is so damn sensitive

[@DoctorGaga87]

Soon it’s going to be offensive to say Hello to someone and ask them how they’re doing

[@nic7012]

You're joking right? This grown-ass woman was throwing shade at a 6-year-old. That's wrong no matter what the subject matter is.

[@theresesjoqvist6374]

@@nic7012 It wasent shade though. It was just a funny ironic comment, not even to the boy

[@jaclynzinck4241]

The year is 2037 Me: hi Person I said “hi” to: dID YoU jUSt aSSUme mY lANgUaGe?! Police: you’re under arrest for assuming someone’s language, now get in the car!!

[@TomFromYoutube]

Bystander that saw jaclyn get arrested: omg can you believe what that person said?! I mean come on it's 2037!

[@hamfam2646]

@@nic7012 She didn't do anything wrong though

[@kimberlyroberts7444]

*when someone shows you their true colors, believe them*

[@allisoncastle]

Stop. Being. Triggered. By. Everything.

[@zuboy4272]

SHUT UP , I AM OFFENDED BY FULL STOP AFTER EVERY WORD !! WHYY!!! APOLOGIZE !! NOW !!

[@allisoncastle]

ZuboyTV 😂

[@purpletube7773]

Society has taken a turn for the worse

[@edge1238]

I'll stop being triggered when young boys who love ballet stop being bullied by buffoons.

[@Too_li]

Edge 123 But she didn’t bully him she just made a joke about him thinking that the kid wouldn’t last long in ballet, just like every single kid when they get into a activity.

[@KMTruth]

Now you can't make a joke about dancing because it offend the dancing community. It seems that everyone have thin skin now of day.

[@Trd2020]

Bunch of pansies

[@Jenny_Lee_]

Maybe not at the expense of a child? I still don't understand why this is funny. The audience and studio thought it was though.

[@charchar1300]

@@Jenny_Lee_ it was peer pressure almost, as she was laughing she kept looking around for people to join in, you can see the people at the back aww'ing that George does ballet, than as soon as she kicks off, they hesitantly laugh

[@KMTruth]

@@Jenny_Lee_ the way this whole thing blew up, it really wasn't about the child no more. The media turned it into her making fun of men in general joining the fun of ballet which wasn't the case at all.

[@sharonfarrar5316]

@@KMTruth It wasn't the media that blew it up about the men in the dance community. They were just reporting about all the backlash against her so called joke from all the male dancers. It was a form of bullying.

[@richardc5100]

She's only apologizing because they made her, not because she's really sorry

[@allisoncastle]

Richard C she shouldn’t be sorry

[@elledekker]

@@allisoncastle exactly, completely blown out of proportion. This is so silly.

[@kecola]

I'm still waiting to hear what she said that was so offensive 🤔 I'll rewatch the video because I must have missed it the first time.

[@pamthompson3812]

Exactly...bunch of idiots

[@prankgirl9112]

Absolutely nothing. Nothing she said was even remotely offensive.

[@thesecond1a]

kecola, that’s what I’m saying these overly sensitive men I don’t think I’ve seen one woman complain lmao

[@AWlpsSHOW36]

She was bullying George for choosing to take ballet, which is sexism. Also, it's good that sexism towards boys is being addressed because it's always sexism against girls that is being addressed. I wonder how you would respond if it was Charlotte being teased because she decided to play soccer?

[@thesecond1a]

AWlpsSHOW36, What????

[@markmerk8967]

Ohhhh...please....it wasnt1that bad....it sucks in this era of political correctness that we have to walk on eggshells for fear of offending or hurting someones feelings....

[@RoolyToo]

Right? These days, it is like you have to constantly mind what you say even if it isn't bad at all. It is crazy how fearful we have become of having conversations, making jokes, etc...

[@quixak7209]

Exactly

[@studentnguyen2564]

Right, offense is not given, it’s taken.

[@VelocityBeat]

She literally was *NOT* making fun. She was joking about a kids short attention span. And so what if she was making fun! Grow a pair folks smh

[@KF-wt3sl]

He's royalty.

[@kanesmith8271]

@@KF-wt3sl so?

[@youraveragekpopstan3309]

@@KF-wt3sl who cares their not above their humans to not gods

[@mamabear8879]

That's the way it came across to me - but - now we live in the land of the offended so it has to be the worst thing possible 😐

[@YudahBoi1]

Doesn't matter what her intentions were. How the message is received is what's important. Her ability to see how her message was percieved and apologizing for it shows her maturity.

[@Youneverknow222]

Omg This world is too sensitive. You can offend anyone nowadays saying anything

[@JackC11111]

I thought like this too after I saw how many strong responses she got but then I remembered it was targeted at a six year old. Were you bullied by a news channel that broadcasts to millions of people when you were six years old?

[@iamallmy1]

lol...this is just part of human evolution, gaining an extra hyper-sensitivity chromosome 😂

[@youraveragekpopstan3309]

@Barrier Boy it was a joke why can't anyone take a joke if they said that to my child I would be fine because I know it was intended as a joke

[@AWlpsSHOW36]

Bullying on live television is never okay.

[@pammishful]

It's so ridiculous that someone has to apologize for something everyday because of all the snowflakes in this country.

[@JackC11111]

County? Did you mean your local county that your city is in or did you mean the whole country??

[@savannahcanfield7134]

Agree 100%!

[@pammishful]

@@JackC11111 haha oops yeah, thanks! I didn't even notice I did that!

[@tjacobs990]

People take things way to far just to prove a point

[@jaclynzinck4241]

She already apologized for her actions, so I think they’re kinda taking this too far. Why the interview? Her apology was closure enough.

[@elizabethharris156]

Jaclyn of Jaclynia it’s not enough for a Republican.

[@kimberlyroberts7444]

she's only apologizing because she doesnt want to be fired and she doesnt want people to hate her smh

[@ShayMac311]

Wait....what? That was clearly a joke and NOT offensive at all! My daughter danced as a child, and after 3 yrs, she was over it.

[@ShayMac311]

@Barrier Boy No lol

[@s1lent_smokeyt430]

Someone can’t have an opinion now

[@icarotarot]

She can shove her apology! It's already been said and what she said the first time is how she really feels. She's only apologizing so she doesn't lose her job. Boys can do ballet!!!

[@BellaFlowerrx]

Where did she say that boys cant do ballet? Im waiting........

[@CynTheLasVegasGirl13]

Everyone else has gotten fired. Might as well fire her too.

[@Luvmypets123]

She should have been fired.

[@derinjohn4505]

I really love inside edition i thank the people who made this so that i can be entertained thank you very much

[@43Main]

i agree! It is my favorite afternoon show!

[@jaclynzinck4241]

Yeah ikr this video was so entertaining and totally necessary

[@swallowedinthesea11]

IE has been awesome since 1989!

[@elviciosodelavida]

Im offended that she apologized! I need an apology!!!

[@sunburnz]

Never apologize for a joke

[@faithfulservant2364]

How dare she have an opinion

[@jaclynzinck4241]

HOW DARE SHE MAKE a J0KE!!

[@Blue-kz3vf]

Wth? Her comment wasn't mocking anything. "Well i have news for you prince Williams... lets see how long that lasts" To me she is suggesting kids get bored easily, so he might want to do something different next year.

[@norefunds4731]

Imagine if the ballet was transgender.

[@GrinFlash007]

Her career would be over and 'society' would start criminal proceedings against her.

[@faithfulservant2364]

Charged with hate speech

[@thesecond1a]

No Refunds, I’m dead 😂

[@Mentalwho1]

Laura Spencer I still do not believe you’re truly sorry for what you said about Ballet.

[@wildnites558]

And that's a good thing!

[@sqd6-jelly493]

It’s 2019 let him do ballet and don’t discriminate

[@brickmastag5262]

We will s how long that last is not insulting at all people over react cause they can. 2019 just gets worse and worse

[@elviciosodelavida]

She did not have to apologize!!! People need to stop being so dam sensitive!!!!

[@suhugo9546]

it is one thing to shame an adult but to shame a child in their developement, seriously Lara. Get a life.

[@elviciosodelavida]

@@suhugo9546 lol she called the ballet boring, not the kid. You need to calm down

[@beastboikrys]

@@elviciosodelavida YOUR BORING

[@elviciosodelavida]

@@beastboikrys your mama is boring😝 IDGAF lol

[@beastboikrys]

@@elviciosodelavida ouch you said my mom boring. Ouch that hurt my feelings. Stop being mean 😭😭😭😭. Lol. Saying that you don't care proves that you care.

[@parker4986]

the "dance community" lol. the glass blowing community, the lemon tree growing community, the brunette community. How about calling it as it is, you spoke with professional dancers.

[@Too_li]

She was just joking, it’s not like she started saying it was gay or boys shouldn’t do ballet she just laughed and I’m actually surprised that this is something everyone is going crazy about really stupid instead of worrying about other things. I don’t know thats just what I think. 😐

[@jaclynzinck4241]

The media took it the wrong way and also stretched it out for publicity

[@LoveWhatuDo33]

Where's the outrage when more serious things happen in the world SMH it's a form of dancing SMH

[@RayMak]

It was rude but it wasn't so bad until people stir things up and made it viral.

[@user-mr6qd5bg7j]

What about her co hosts that were laughing too!?!?

[@icarrus4u]

LARA SPENCER FOR DANCING WITH THE STARS!!

[@skj3365]

She always makes callous comments, this is not the first time. First time someone called her out. Girl Bye! 🤨😂🤭

[@Requiem4Tuesday]

I hope they send her off. She's annoying.

[@Too_li]

Sheron Jackson Just because you hate her doesn’t mean she deserves what she got. Just saying.

[@thespecterrez3224]

She shouldn’t have had to apologize

[@jakewilliams5653]

Everyone need to stop getting so offended

[@Waldo.]

Don't tell me how to feel .

[@elizabethharris156]

Jake Williams you must be a liberal.

[@jakewilliams5653]

Elizabeth Harris i am as far right as i could be

[@mazenmady1136]

She is sorry people got angry

[@davesgoldenduck6066]

So Megyn Kelly was fired from horrible things she said so Lara Spencer should be fired as well

[@jlos09]

The laugh from her co anchor is worse that the statement. Don’t be fooled. They cater.

[@fx902]

Oh my God.. So what?? They make it like "the dance community" is a race

[@jaclynzinck4241]

Me: ballet is LAME (I’d never actually say that lol) Ballet Dancer: HOW RACIST OF YOU!! :0

[@julienl9821]

TIL That dancers can't take a joke.

[@joshmoody7456]

I think that was something called a JOKE maybe celebrates should know when someone tells one

[@destineydevereux4722]

She's only apologizing because she wants to keep her job,,, 😡😡😡😡

[@EricAmthor]

What about george stephanopoulos... his laughter was almost as bad as her comment.

[@jake522]

he was in cats, she doesnt need to apologise

[@valentinaminauro352]

😹😹😹

[@kogancames1107]

it's not that serious

[@Frenite]

She did nothing wrong. It was a joke. Society is becoming so soft.

[@NLJ3167]

Wait, Stephanopoulos laughed, did he get hit hard too!? No, he didn't. I totally didn't take it as a dis to dance, but more like, let's see how long a kid will stick with it cuz kids try lots of things they eventually quit. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. IMO also, isn't sure an entertainment reporter, not a journalist... 🤷‍♀️

[@sunrisesunset7]

".....and the network fires her in 3 2 1"

[@deenak79]

APOLOGY TOO LATE!

[@lalalove5161]

Omg people she made mistake she apologize so many times get over it

[@aozorafreak]

I wonder what the royal family thinks about this

[@daltonmaynard9579]

Just a misunderstanding. But she went about it the right way!

[@thesecond1a]

Omfg, what she said wasn’t even that serious these MEN need to toughen up Jesus Christ.

[@j.jester7821]

Making a mountain out of a mole hill. "The bravery it takes for a little boy to take dance" Geez. Storming normandy beach took bravery. This catering to easily offended special interests will decay our society.

[@ayanoakamine8269]

Cats was a mistake tho

[@calmdandy3964]

I think she means like it's a kid so maybe he won't want to do it for that long

[@zayyhavin]

The type of stuff that will start a war💀

[@jaclynzinck4241]

History teacher in the year 2060: Alright kids, flip your history books to page 160, here you’ll find the beginning of the chapter about the Ballet War

[@zayyhavin]

Jaclyn of Jaclynia R.I.P.🤣

[@jaclynzinck4241]

Teacher: (reading) The Ballet War, which started in 2019, involved great carnage and violence, and took the lives of hundreds of people. It was sparked by an insensitive comment made by Lara Spencer, on GMA. She laughed at the then 6 year old Prince George doing ballet, saying “I wonder how long that’ll last”. Class: (gasps) (three students faint) (ambulance has to be called) (Teacher gets arrested for directly saying what triggered the war, and causing her students to faint)

[@zayyhavin]

Jaclyn of Jaclynia imagine🤣

[@jaclynzinck4241]

BREAKING NEWS An evil teacher has been arrested for saying the direct words that caused the Great Ballet War over 40 years ago, reigniting the flame that was sparked back in 2019. Hundreds of protesters, many of which male ballet dancers, gathered in front of the school today, holding picket signs and doing fouettes while chanting. The teacher is now awaiting trial.

[@chuckcollier8305]

She said nothing wrong!! No apologies necessary!!

[@sharamusica]

“You’re a respected media journalist “ didn’t know 6 year’s old curriculum was respectable news. Maybe the Amazon Rainforest up in flames. But let’s focus on this first 🤪

[@jeiceginyu4595]

This world is too soft smh

[@evelynelliott1205]

She doesn’t need to be sorry! Everyone needs to learn how to take a joke. Patrick Swayze was in ballet, she was never once slamming the ballet community? Kids change their minds about what they want to learn.... I was in ballet at Prince George’s age and decided I rather take boxing classes And karate classes lol

[@JustMe11392]

Too many people take things the wrong way...sorry for my insensitive remark. 🙄

[@Mini-rt8bm]

Honestly I'm usually sensitive to kids but she said nothing wrong...what!?

[@BellaFlowerrx]

@@alexflynn9856 where did she say that? Im waiting? Did you assume? Or did she actually say that?

[@kaypuichun1746]

Put her into a tutu for a month

[@NadiaGirl1]

Princess Diana wanted to be a ballerina so Prince George wants to honor her in some way.

[@DjDandalandan]

She better enroll in ballet

[@jw4673]

Really?? It was a harmless comment. Maybe it was insensitive and/or brash, but I highly doubt it came from a malicious place. I wish these damn 'snowflakes' would just melt already so we can get back to life how it used to be.

[@__THRILLERAUDIO_]

Everyone in the comment section acting surprised that this generation is sensitive..

[@quarantinetingz6364]

You know, at least she apologized. Most people just move on and just ignore it. ;-;

[@acostco9921]

Welcome to 2019 were we have to apologize about mocking dancing

[@TheVanillaFaceXD]

Tupac used to dance ballet as a kid and he turned out right.

[@ExtremeSal]

Our society is so soft I swear...

[@aliciatorres2794]

Omg who cares!! Everyone is so sensitive these days, i don't think she was being hurtful! Omg let it go!!

[@dermanx100]

I agree ☝️

[@jasonlang9074]

🤔

[@jxnas4222]

She’s making fun of a little boy’s decision and that’s really saddening.

[@jaclynzinck4241]

That’s true, but she already apologized and that should’ve been the end of it. It would be far better for not only her but Prince George if it wasn’t stretched out and exploited for publicity.

[@BellaFlowerrx]

Excuse me but what did you say to make you say so? Ballet may not be appealing to a CHILDS interests and the kid may want to pursue other things and that is why she was laughing? Your stupdity is so saddening........

[@kzweifel]

Can somebody at ABC please show this woman the door??? Good bye, Lara, you can try your act somewhere else.

[@ayakasalih4189]

She wasn't ridiculing ballet. She found it funny that a potential future king of UK loves ballet so much...

[@benjaminschairer4213]

What’s screwed up is that everyone is taking this so seriously. It’s a JOKE. why can’t people take jokes anymore. The world is a tough place so man up and stop complaining about everything. Oh nooo I said “man” up, how insensitive of me

[@Sinneranne]

“2019” the year of sensitivity from media’s

[@jeremypr]

Seriously this is a headline???? Who cares about Lara Spencer? All this will do will up her notoriety in the media and give her attention

[@TimBurVlogs]

That's good of her. What a crazy society we live in today where we have to apologize for silly things.

[@DG-bf5mp]

Prime example that people have nothing better to do, but to make a big deal about nothing

[@grandlongs2001]

What she said wasn’t that bad. Dance is great but most little boys don’t like doing ballet. It’s not a bad thing what she said but again dance is great.

[@college87]

I really hope she really is sincere of her apology

[@Luis-lc7ff]

Wonder if she made a joke about a celebrity who dated a lot of people and broke the news they were dating someone new and she said the same thing if she would still be hated for simply saying what everyone else is thinking(I’m not saying everyone was thinking what she said about ballet)

[@Kevin-tp5xj]

Fire her

[@endahynes2596]

Hey at least GMA says sorry instead of Fox News

[@Safasomaali]

What about the amazon? The earth need attention and treatment plz

[@jaclynzinck4241]

They already covered the Amazon Rainforest Fire

[@cteenie24]

hmm sounds like Megan Kelly's apology. why isnt She fired and gets to have a "conversation"

[@jeanclaude2794]

LOLOLOL the left eating it self hahahah

[@AWlpsSHOW36]

Since when was Liberilism mentioned?

[@ImTheCookieMonster95]

Americans really freak out over everything these days.

[@carrieanthony9526]

Im sorry but plz leave this woman ALONE. Just Stop ALREADY.