Will Friedle’s racially sensitive note to Trina McGee
In January 2020, Trina McGee (Angela) talked about disrespect She experienced Boy meets the worldincluding being ‘Called aunt jemima on set. “
Later, she revealed Will the note and that he apologizes to her “22 years ago and again days ago in one in a three-sided letter.”
“We talked more about it and he acknowledged that he was really not educated enough at the beginning of his twenties to know that he really offended me,” she wrote Instagram In April 2020. “This should and can be a teaching moment for everyone.”
In the end, Trina and Will moved forward.
“Will apologize For me and I forgive him, I apologize for him for publishing statements because his jokes came out from just not knowing, not evil and he forgiven me, “she said.” That’s what friends do. “
That will be recalled Pod meets the world In 2022 he saw Trina leave his dressing room in a “big red headscarf” and “attached no cultural significance for it.”
He thought he teased her as if he were doing the rest of the role, he continued, he decided to “make fun of her red hat.”
“It’s as far as my stupid privileged mind saw it,” Will said. “So just before I went on for me, I went by and went” love your syrup “and went into the set -thinking boom, zing, just got her for her hat.”
Trina told Will that the joke was not ok, and he was “killed”, noting that the moment changed his life.
“You can’t just throw things out there because you think it’s fun and goes away,” he said. “You can hurt people.”
