Sandra Bernhard MAC Cosmetics Video Edited After Complaints About 'Thin-Lipped Republican' Line

Esteé Lauder has edited a video featuring Sandra Bernhard — the new face of its Plushglass line — from its site after fielding as many as 400 complaints from users who objected to an anti-Republican remark made by the comedian in the video. In the initial version, Bernhard described a “‘Intimidated, frightened, right-wing Republican thin-lipped b*tch’.” The video was posted on August 3, and was linked to yesterday by the Drudge Report.

“The video has been getting a lot of attention, which is what we wanted,” a spokeswoman for MAC told FishbowlNY, adding that the video has been viewed 187,000 times so far.

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