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.
Updated: 12:25 ET, Jun 1 2021
ELLIE Kemper s fans demanded she respond to accusations she was the KKK queen at racist Veiled Prophet Ball as a teen.
The debutante ball was originally founded by white elitists and it excluded multiple racial groups, include Black communities, and it has been compared to the KKK by their costumes.
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She was just 19 years old at the timeCredit: Instagram/ Ellie Kemper
On Monday, Ellie began to trend on Twitter after a 1999 picture of her resurfaced online.
In the picture, the actress, who rose to fame for her role in The Office, was wearing a formal dress and had been named the Queen of the controversial St Louis Veiled Prophet Ball, where members wore KKK-style hoods.