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“Kimmy Schmidt” Actress Ellie Kemper Posts Unnecessary Statement About Being Queen of 1999 Pageant

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“Kimmy Schmidt” actress Ellie Kemper has finally posted a statement about her participation in a 1999 pageant.

It was unnecessary and too late. The media mob has moved on. But I told you all about this pageant and the group that puts it on, called Veiled Prophet. They’ve had Black members since 1979. They are a municipal fundraising group that donates money, time, and energy to minority organizations. But the media lynch mob went after them and Kemper anyway, blissfully oblivious to the facts.

Kemper took too long to respond. Her PR team did a bad job. But here’s what she says now:

 

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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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