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at first breh kept it real
and then backtracked
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11/11/2018 09:22 am ET
Victoria’s Secret Boss Apologizes For ‘Insensitive’ Trans Comment
Ed Razek said he didn’t think transgender models should walk in the brand’s fashion show.
By David Barden
The chief marketing officer of L Brands, the parent company of Victoria’s Secret, has apologized for comments he made in an interview with Vogue about transgender models.
Ed Razek made the remarks when asked if the lingerie brand was seeing a “shifting desire” from what audiences wanted to see during its annual fashion show.
The 70-year-old said he didn’t think transgender models should walk the runway because the show “is a fantasy. It’s a 42-minute entertainment special.”
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Tess@HiThisIsTess
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here's a quote from Victoria's Secret creative director Ed Razek arguing that the trans community isn't worth fantasizing over. c/o @BoF
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1:56 PM - Nov 9, 2018
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ashleigh@mashmato_
https://twitter.com/mashmato_/status/1061314239745478657
PSA to Ed Razek that his interview was trash. To even entertain the idea that trans people aren't the ideal? Because that is clearly what you meant by 'fantasy' lets be real. And to say that plus sized models aren't desired either? Trash. #VSFashionShow #equalitymeanseveryone
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9:46 AM - Nov 10, 2018
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The company published a statement from Razek on Friday in which he apologized for his “remark regarding the inclusion of transgender models in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion show” that “came across as insensitive.”
“To be clear, we absolutely would cast a transgender model for the show,” the statement read. “We’ve had transgender models come to castings... And like many others, they didn’t make it ... But it was never about gender. I admire and respect their journey to embrace who they really are.”
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Victoria's Secret
✔@VictoriasSecret
https://twitter.com/VictoriasSecret/status/1061106626583822338
Please read this important message from Ed Razek, Chief Marketing Officer, L Brands (parent company of Victoria’s Secret).
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Responding to the controversy, transgender model Carmen Carrera wrote on Twitter that the “worst feeling in the world is knowing you have what it takes but are being denied simply for being who you are.”
Carmen Carrera
✔@Carmen_Carrera
https://twitter.com/Carmen_Carrera/status/1061323963274416128
All this VS drama got me feeling so nauseous.
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10:25 AM - Nov 10, 2018
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Carmen Carrera
✔@Carmen_Carrera
https://twitter.com/Carmen_Carrera/status/1061325024362037248
The worst feeling in the world is knowing you have what it takes but are being denied simply for being who you are.
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Many social media users also expressed disdain about the apology:
Isis King
✔@MsIsisKing
https://twitter.com/MsIsisKing/status/1061224042546421760
Replying to @VictoriasSecret
Nawww, keep that same energy. He said what he said and how he said it. We get it. We aren't welcome.
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Alexandra Grey
✔@1alexandragrey
https://twitter.com/1alexandragrey/status/1061265347075018753
Replying to @VictoriasSecret
Chile that weak ass apology!!! Keep it!!! "It's not about gender"?? Girl bye and girl stop!! It's ridiculous in 2018 and with all that's going on in the world, your company would say something so heinous and discriminatory. Who is y'all publicist??#problematicAF #CANCELLED
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EveryWoman@smilingvision08
https://twitter.com/smilingvision08/status/1061217429144158209
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Big Mistake!
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Raquel Willis
✔@RaquelWillis_
https://twitter.com/RaquelWillis_/status/1061317712561893376
Ed Razek specifically said trans models didn’t make it in past shows because they weren’t a part of the “fantasy” that they were trying to sell. So yes, they did deny trans models opportunities in the past simply because of their gender.
Victoria's Secret
✔@VictoriasSecret
Please read this important message from Ed Razek, Chief Marketing Officer, L Brands (parent company of Victoria’s Secret).
(HE STILL BASICALLY TOLD THEM NO
)
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Mike Ferlita@MkFerlita
https://twitter.com/MkFerlita/status/1061510794146385920
Bye Victoria's Secret you're canceled. Trans women are a fantasy and you don't deserve them.
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Ricki Sophie Ortiz
✔@HelloKittyRicki
https://twitter.com/HelloKittyRicki/status/1061350417043349504
Victoria’s Secret made a career out of making women feel sexy. It’s impossible to keep that narrative when you turn your back on trans women & plus size women. It’s a sad day in fashion, but TRUST, I’ll get over it. I was never a VS fan. It’ll be easy for me not to support them.
these trehs
out here delusional as fukk 
don't nobody wanna see that shyt
breh was right the first time and shoulda stuck to his guns
what was that shyt Dave Chappelle said in his special about the dude in a dress who fell down at a party and he asked "is he ok" and everyone got mad at him for "misgendering" the person in question?
"I support anyone's right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?"
I can't believe this is really what the world is coming to
dude should have doubled down on that. nobody wants to see some tranny modeling victorias secret with dikk holes in it
