The comments on Thursday's show drew immediate criticism.
ABC's"Good Morning America" co-anchor Lara Spencer apologized Friday after outrage erupted on social media when she mocked and laughed at the inclusion of ballet in 6-year-old Prince George's upcoming school year curriculum., Spencer listed off what the young British royal would be studying when he goes back to school in the fall.
"In addition to the usual first or second grade things, like math, science and history, the future King of England will be putting down the Play-Doh to take on religious studies, computer programming, poetry and ballet, among other things," she said."You couldn’t contain ... oh, he looks so happy about the ballet class,” Spencer said laughing, as a picture of Prince George smiling ear-to-ear while wearing a soccer jersey appeared on the screen.
"My sincere apologies for an insensitive comment I made in pop news yesterday," she wrote."From ballet to anything one wants to explore in life, I say GO FOR IT. I fully believe we should all be free to pursue our passions. Go climb your mountain and love every minute of it." Criticism of Spencer's comments came swiftly after the segment aired and many were still expressing their disappointment in her comments Friday afternoon.asking Spencer:"Seriously, laughing at boys who take ballet on channel 7 ABC — what’s up with that?""Boys who take ballet are cool ... come on!" said O'Donnell, who founded Rosie's Theater Kids, which supports dance, theater and drama training in New York City public schools.
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