I'm truly done.' Because senseless violence of any kind I denounce. 'When that happened I was like 'Ok, I'm done. 'I think the Capitol Riots were appalling,' she said. I'm going to give the president that we have right now a chance.'ĭash also used the interview to condemn the deadly riots at the Capitol in Washington DC on January 6 – saying they marked a turning point for her. 'Being a supporter of Trump has put me in some kind of box that I don't belong in. 'As far as he's concerned, is not the president. 'Do I know every person of the neo-Nazi party, if they have a good heart or not? No I do not.'īut in her DailyMailTV interview in her current home town of Los Angeles last week, Dash walked back her previous steadfast support for Trump, dismissing him as 'not the president' and telling conservatives to 'give the new president a chance'. 'I think he was absolutely right… Both sides had a right to assemble, but they were both extremes,' she told the channel. In March 2018 during a failed run for a Southern California congressional seat as a Republican she told MSNBC that Trump was 'absolutely right' in his comments about the Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' rally. Stacey now would never work at Fox, would never work for a news network or be a news contributor.'ĭash continued to be outspoken after she was dumped by the network in 2016. 'Working for Fox at the time, that was my job. The Clueless star said she was responsible for her role stirring up political controversy at Fox, but added that it was what she was being paid to do. So if anyone has ever felt that way about me, like I've judged, that I apologize for because that's not who I am.' I don't want to be judged, so how dare I judge anyone else. 'God has forgiven me, how dare I not forgive someone else.

Stacey's someone who has compassion, empathy. And that's who Stacey was, but that's not who Stacey is now. They were very arrogant and prideful and angry. Things that I did say, that I should not have said them the way I said them. And at that time in my life it was who I was,' she said I was the angry, conservative, Black woman. 'I've lived my life being angry, which is what I was on Fox News. The controversial former commentator's views proved too far-out even for Fox news, who fired her in 2016 after she claimed Barack Obama 'didn't give a s**t' about terrorism.īut in her DailyMailTV interview, Dash apologized for any hurt she had caused, blaming her 'arrogant pride and anger', vowed to withdraw from politics and claimed she was typecast by the channel.

The comments mark a stunning u-turn from her previous ardent support for Trump.ĭash, 52, drew intense criticism for backing Trump's statement after the 2017 Charlottesville neo-Nazi rally in Virginia that there were 'very fine people on both sides,' for defending Trump's claim that Mexican immigrants were drug traffickers, rapists and criminals and calling for an end to celebrating Black History Month. In an exclusive interview with DailyMailTV, Dash turned on the former president and called out the Capitol riots on January 6 as 'appalling and stupid.' Published: 21:43 BST, 10 March 2021 | Updated: 01:47 BST, 11 March 2021įormer Clueless star and Fox News conservative firebrand Stacey Dash has denounced Donald Trump and slammed her old news channel for casting her as an 'angry Black woman.' Stacey's someone who has compassion, empathy,' she said

'That's who Stacey was, but that's not who Stacey is now.

She says she wants to continue acting, despite being blacklisted by Hollywood.

Her views proved too far-out even for Fox news, who fired her in 2016 after she claimed Barack Obama 'didn't give a s**t' about terrorism'.

Things that I did say, that I should not have said them the way I said them,' she added

'There are things that I am sorry for.

'I've lived my life being angry, which is what I was on Fox News.

She drew intense criticism for backing Trump's statement after the 2017 Charlottesville neo-Nazi rally in Virginia.

Dash, an ardent Trump support, has turned on the former president and called out the Capitol riots as 'appalling and stupid' in an interview with DailyMailTV.

Actress turned political pundit Stacey Dash is apologizing for offensive comments she made while working as a Fox News conservative commentator.

EXCLUSIVE: 'That's not who I am anymore!' Actress and former Fox News pundit Stacey Dash apologizes for her offensive comments as she turns on Donald Trump, quits politics and blames the network for type casting her as the 'angry black woman'

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