Actress Ellie Kemper’s celebrity friends have jumped to her defence after she apologized for taking part in the 1999 Veiled Prophet Ball in her native…
06/08/2021
For fans of Ellie Kemper, known for her quirky, yet sweet roles on shows “The Office” and “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” last week’s unsettling news about her past may have come as somewhat of a surprise.
On May 30, a photo surfaced online of Kemper crowned queen at the 1999 Veiled Prophet Ball in St. Louis, Mo. The ball, founded by confederate soldiers in 1878, provided a type of debutante celebration for the city’s wealthy elite. According to Yahoo News, the organization did not welcome black members until 1979. The Veiled Prophet character shares similarities in looks to that of a uniform from the Klu Klux Klan, which rattled many Kemper followers.
Updated: 11:19 ET, Jun 2 2021
ELLIE Kemper s fans are angry the actress omitted her family s wealth and her participation in the racist Veiled Prophet Ball from her 2018 memoir, My Squirrel Days.
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Ellie Kemper wrote a memoir in 2018Credit: Getty
Following the recent scandal surrounding the actress, fans spoke out after having read Ellie s memoir and noticing that she never mentioned the Ball, despite it seemingly being an important event.
She also avoided talking about how important her grandparents are in the history of St. Louis.
The summary of the book, according to Simon and Schuster, reads: Meet Ellie, the best-intentioned redhead next door.
Recently, an old photo of Ellie Kemper has made its rounds on Twitter. It received a lot of flak because it confirmed her attendance at the 1999 Veiled Prophet Ball in St. Louis, a town where she grew up.
Ellie Kemper is at the center of a Twitter controversy after photos surfaced of the actress at a 1999 ball in St. Louis several believe is controversial.