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Melissa McCarthy Apologizes for HBO Max Donation to Group With Anti-LGBT History: ‘We Blew It’ (Video)

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In a video posted Thursday night, Melissa McCarthy apologized to fans for a donation given to an evangelical group with a history of anti-LGBT and anti-abortion activism.

She also said the $20,000 donation, granted as part of a charity effort tied to her upcoming film “Superintelligence,” has been rescinded.“Hi there.

Um, it has come to our attention that our 20 Days of Kindness, which is something–a kindness up that we started to kind of shine a light on 20 great charities — had one in there that, there’s no other way to say it, we blew it,” McCarthy said. “We made a mistake and we backed a charity that, upon proper vetting, stands for everything that we do not.

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