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Bette Midler Clarified Her Anti-Trans Tweet But Didn’t Really Apologize At All
"There was no intention of anything exclusionary or transphobic in what I said."

Bette Midler Clarified Her Anti-Trans Tweet But Didn’t Really Apologize At All

Bette Midler is clarifying what she meant in her anti-trans tweet — but TBH, it didn’t really help anything.

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Following the backlash, Bette finally offered some clarification about her tweet, but it kind of completely missed the point.

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Bette explained that her comment was not transphobic, and was instead based on a “fascinating and well written piece” from the New York Times — an article that happens to be widely regarded as anti-trans.

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Despite Bette clearly not hearing about the backlash surrounding the article, she insisted that her comments were not anti-trans.

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“There was no intention of anything exclusionary or transphobic in what I said; it wasn’t about that,” Bette wrote.

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She continued, “It was about the same old shit women – ALL WOMEN – have been putting up with since the cavemen. Even then, men got top billing.”

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Bette then encouraged anyone who thinks she has “anything but love for any marginalized people” to visit her Wikipedia page.

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“I’ve fought for marginalized people for as long as I can remember. Still, if you want to dismiss my 60 years of proven love and concern over a tweet that accidentally angered the very people I have always supported and adored, so be it,” Bette wrote.

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Bette wrapped things up by telling her followers that “Democracy is slipping through our fingers” and she is “all in on trying to save Democracy for ALL PEOPLE.”

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Unfortunately, there was no mention of an apology — and it sounds a lot like Bette still stands by what she said.