Saturday, February 22, 2014

Julianne Hough commits blackface faceplant at party for “Oprah’s favorite tequila”

Country singer and Dancing with the Stars star Julianne Hough brought her level of fame up a few notches, but not for anything she should be proud of.
The 25-year-old Utah native took racism to new heights when she, a white entertainer, donned blackface to the Casamigos Tequila Halloween Party on Friday night. Casmigos is owned by Rande Gerber and George Clooney and has promoted itself with the claim to be Oprah’s favorite tequila. In addition to the minstrel-show makeup, Hough had on a neon orange jumpsuit, nametag that said “Crazy Eyes” and her hair tied up in a knotty style all over her head. She was meant to be a character that is  played by black actress Uzu Aduba on the hit Netflix series, Orange is the New Black.

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