Last week, Wendy Williams found herself entangled in a controversy after mocking Joaquin Phoenix's cleft lip on her show.
Last week, Wendy Williams found herself entangled in a controversy after mocking Joaquin Phoenix's cleft lip on her show.
Twitter users with a cleft have been speaking out on Twitter and sharing their stories and experiences.
In fact, one in 700 babies are born with a cleft!
"Most of the time, a cleft is caused by genetic and environmental factors coming together in a way which can’t be predicted or prevented."
One petition on Change.org has over 75,000 signatures in support of her being fired.
The petition on Change.org is on behalf of a mother who has a son with a cleft lip. The petition reads: "Kids can be cruel and as a mother of an amazing little guy who was born with complete bilateral cleft lip, hard and soft palate, I am completely disgusted that she thinks it’s ok to ridicule and make a joke out of something that is completely out of our control. "
"...she should be banned from daytime TV," the statement concludes.
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