Megyn Kelly, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Lead the Charge Against Samantha Bee for Calling Ivanka Trump the 'C-Word'

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Just a few days after Roseanne Barr came under fire for a racist tweet toward a former White House adviser, "Full Frontal" host Samantha Bee blew up on Twitter after calling Ivanka Trump the "c-word" and urging her to "put on something low cut and tight" to talk to Donald Trump about his immigration policies.

Megyn Kelly was among the first celebrities to chime in on Bee's controversial use of the "c-word," tweeting that it was "disgusting" and asking, "How is this acceptable?" The topic came up on CNN as well, with senior media reporter Oliver Darcy agreeing it was "a really disgusting remark," as reported by Deadline, and saying that "critics are rightfully upset, saying this is something that should not be used while discussing politics."

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders demanded TBS cancel her show. "The language used by Samantha Bee last night is vile and vicious," she said in a statement received by The Wrap. "The collective silence by the left and its media allies is appalling. Her disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast, and executives at Time Warner and TBS must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned on its network."

On the flip side, comedian Billy Eichner tweeted, "Honestly I think Samantha Bee was being generous."

Bee's comment came after she showed a recent tweet of Ivanka's and described it as "the second most oblivious tweet we've seen this week." The tweet itself was innocent enough, a simple picture of Ivanka with her child that was posted this past Sunday. Bee took issue with the tweet because of what she'd rather see Ivanka doing about the migrant children who had been separated from their parents and then reportedly lost by the U.S. government.

"You know, Ivanka, that's a beautiful photo of you and your child," Bee said on her show Wednesday night. "But let me just say, one mother to another, do something about your dad's immigration practices, you feckless c-nt. He listens to you. Put on something tight and low cut and tell your father to f-cking stop it! Tell him it was an Obama thing and see how it goes, OK?"

This is not the first time that Bee has used this word on her show, but coming just a few days after the Roseanne Barr controversy, the association was inevitable. Please note that while the term (and her use of the "f-word") were censored on TBS, they were not the clip posted online, which has since been deleted. Bee has also apologized for the remark that has already turned off one of her show's advertisers, AutoTrader.

With sensitivities still high in the wake of ABC's cancellation of "Rosanne" after Barr's racist tweet, Twitter again erupted over Bee's offensive use of the "c-word."

Much like the responses to Barr's tweet -- and like everything these days -- the response was largely divided among party lines, with liberals more supportive of the comedian's freedom of speech while conservatives compared it to Barr's comments, and demanded a similar outrage and response.

Below are some of the most provocative tweets from Hollywood and beyond both in support of and against Samantha Bee

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