CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins apologized Sunday night for using “ignorant” gay slurs after seven-year-old tweets were highlighted online.
Ms. Collins posted the comments in 2011 when she was in college.
When I was in college, I used ignorant language in a few tweets to my friends. It was immature but it doesn’t represent the way I feel at all. I regret it and apologize.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 7, 2018
In the tweets, Ms. Collins told one friend she was uncomfortable living with a lesbian and called another friend a “f-g.”
The tweets were shared by an organization called Log Cabin Republicans, which advocates for LGBT conservatives.
CNN’s Vice President of Communications and Digital Partnerships Matt Dornic defended his colleague on Twitter.
I’m a proud gay man. And I am a proud friend of @kaitlancollins. Tho I’m disappointed that she ever used the word (even as an immature college kid), I can say with certainty it doesn’t reflect her feelings toward the LGBTQ community. She’s apologized and I accept that.
— Matt Dornic (@mdornic) October 7, 2018
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