On Monday, more than 20 members of the Teen Vogue staff addressed the hire in a joint statement that condemned McCammond s past racist and homophobic tweets.
It read, In a moment of historically high anti-Asian violence and amid the on-going struggles of the LGBT community, we as the staff of Teen Vogue fully reject those sentiments. We are hopeful that an internal conversation will prove fruitful in maintaining the integrity granted to us by our audience.
Munn, 40, gave her take on the tweets on Wednesday, telling NBC News Vicky Nguyen, I think it s important for people to hear her say that these were racist comments and there s nothing excusable about.
Olivia Munn says it is important for Alexi McCammond to label her past tweets as racist . after the new Teen Vogue EIC issued apology to staffers regarding the offensive, idiotic tweets
Munn told NBC News Vicky Nguyen that it is important for people to hear [McCammond] say that these were racist comments Call it what it is, it was, it was a racist stupid remark, stressed Olivia, who admitted Alexi s tweets were hard to read due to their offensive nature
McCammond recently apologized to employees after 20 staffers publicly slammed her over resurfaced tweets she posted back in 2011
The former Axios political reporter, 27, was named as Teen Vogue s editor in chief last week