I think she should take a principled stand and simply say that she won't be on the same show as a bunch of racist, homophobes, that love Hitler and can't get enough of the Nazi Doctors that tortured the Jews at Auschwitz.
"When I found out that Aaryn, who is a 22-year-old girl, made
anti-gay, anti-black and anti-Asian comments, I have to be honest, the
Asian ones hit me the most," she said on talk show. "I heard about her
describing Asians as 'squinty-eyed' and 'go make a bowl of rice.' It
stung. I took it personally. I'm a human being."
Chen, 43, has hosted the reality show for all 15 seasons and seen a
lot of different personalities emerge in the house, but hearing the
competitors' distasteful comments this time around really hit home, she
said.
"The really sad part was it took me back to the '70s when I was
growing up in Queens and when I was 7 years old being bullied," the
Chinese-American journalist said. "Being called a chink and people
pulling their eyes. But it took me back so many years and I thought to
myself, 'Wow, I haven't heard comments like that [in a long time].'"
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