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Earlier this week, Ellen Degeneres confirmed rumors via Twitter that she booted gospel singer Kim Burrell from Thursday?s episode of her show (alongside Pharrell Williams) due to a series of homophobic remarks she had made during a church sermon.

Williams still appeared on the episode, and after performing one of his songs from the film Hidden Figures (with a ?different singer?), he and DeGeneres eventually discussed Burrell?s absence. ?We have to talk about this before we go,? she says before giving her full comments:

?You were supposed to do a different song, and you were supposed to do it with a different singer?I didn?t know her?her name is Kim Burrell. She made a statement [on Facebook Live]...and said some very not nice things about homosexuals, so I didn?t feel like that was good of me to have her on the show, to have a platform.?

DeGeneres then passes the baton to Williams, who says in part:

?There?s no space?there?s no room for any kind of prejudice in 2017 and moving on. She?s a fantastic singer, I love her, just like I love everybody else and we all got to get used to that. We all have to get used to everyone?s differences and understand that this is a big, gigantic, beautiful, colorful world and it only works with inclusion and empathy. It only works that way...The world is a beautiful place, but it does not work without empathy and inclusion. God is love. This universe is love.?

This is all nice, heartwarming stuff, and receives plenty of applause, but I found myself wishing both Williams and DeGeneres had called Burrell?s actions out a little more explicitly.

?Kill ?em with kindness? is typically a good policy, but DeGeneres booted Burrell from her show as a result of her hateful, homophobic remarks, not just ?very not nice things [said] about homosexuals.? I?m not suggesting that Burrell should have been completely eviscerated by the pair on national television in a sort of viral-ready series of insults, but reducing her comments to ?not nice? was a disservice to an audience who may not have been familiar with what she actually said. People need to know what hate speech sounds like, and this overly kind segment didn?t offer the kind of enlightenment that Ellen is in a unique position to provide. The booting itself was a great move, but DeGeneres missed an opportunity to make it resonate even more.

I do appreciate the ?I didn?t know her? she snuck in, though. That was nice.

https://jezebel.com/ellen-addresses-kim-burrell-s-homophobic-remarks-on-her-1790796705?utm_campaign=socialflow_jezebel_facebook&utm_source=jezebel_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

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This sneak shade

"I uhh...I didn't know her"

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kii

I believe when Ellen says she doesn't know her.

She would have known her IF she got the chance to perform, though.

Funny how Kim singlehandedly destroyed what she's been seeking for YEARS, which is a mainstream platform.

Now she'll simply be known as some fat bitch who did runs and hated gays. Aww.

I believe her too

I could see if Kim was content with the level of fame she had but she clearly wasn't and was trying to branch out. What a dumb way to go about it.

Cause I bet you Ellen knows who Yolanda is lolz!

[Zankou.]

KII

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LMFATOTBQFF!

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Dddffffff chub' self

Yolanda is cackling

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I cringed when she snuck trying to compare black issues with the gay mess. We were just talking about how white dykes do this.

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Lolz poor Kim

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Kii

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I really hate when gays try to merge the struggle of blacks to the "struggle" of gays. Case in point, I can walk into a store and not be hassled for being gay but let me walk into a store with some sweats and a hoodie and I am an immediate suspect.

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kii

I believe when Ellen says she doesn't know her.

She would have known her IF she got the chance to perform, though.

Funny how Kim singlehandedly destroyed what she's been seeking for YEARS, which is a mainstream platform.

Now she'll simply be known as some fat bitch who did runs and hated gays. Aww.

lol yea I couldn't even take it as shade when she said she didn't know her

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Great. Fuck Ellen and Kim.

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This sneak shade

"I uhh...I didn't know her"

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burrellephants...frm tha ceagles to u...good fckin luck lols cuz...whew