Christina Applegate has a bone to pick with Candace Owens after the conservative commentator took issue with a SKIMS underwear ad that featured a disabled model in a wheelchair.
In a clip that resurfaced from last year, 33-year-old Owens spoke out against Kim Kardashian's Adaptive campaign for SKIMS - the reality star's underwear and shapewear brand.
The footage, taken from Owens' Daily Wire series, shows the mom of two branding the ad "ridiculous".
Check out the clip below:She said: "I don't know why this needs to be done. I’m just getting tired of this all-inclusivity thing. Look, I assume that people who are in wheelchairs also have to buy bras, also have to buy underwear… I didn’t know that we needed to see that in our face."
Owens did say, however, that she'd be willing to be "educated" if she happened to be "wrong" on why such inclusivity was necessary.
And educate her, Applegate certainly did.
On Thursday, March 23, the actress - who shared her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2021 - referred to the clip as "horrifying" in a late-night tweet.
She wrote: "Yes late tweet.But woke to see the most horrifying thing. This Candace person making comments about companies who see we need help. It’s f***ing gross."
In a follow-up tweet, the Dead to Me star penned: "Going to try and sleep but my rage is keeping me awake. Candace Owens, do you know when you have seen pictures of me how f***ing hard it was to get my clothes on? A team has to help me!!! So I’m excited for accessibility clothing for me and my community. Hope u wake."
In a third tweet, Applegate said: "I thought my last tweet was enough. But then my heart said something else. No rage. If Candace wants to get on the phone with me to be educated on being disabled. I will not come with anger. I will come with love. Because she needs to hear that. I pray for her tonight. sincerely"
Haleigh Rosa - the model featured in the campaign - has also weighed in on the discussion, sharing her desire to "have a conversation [with] and educate" Owens.
She told Forbes: "After getting injured I remember not seeing anyone like me in campaigns. At the same time, I was relearning simple tasks like clothing myself. It would have been so helpful to see someone in a wheelchair; I'm so happy that we're finally coming around.
"Seeing someone like you matters; representation matters. It's so often assumed that the disability community should be felt bad for. The people I know that have disabilities are some of the most resilient people.
"Wheelchair users will not agree with [Owens'] views. If [Owens] truly wants to educate herself, she can reach out to me. I'm not one for cancel culture; I believe in the power of education."
Owens has since addressed the backlash, denying that she is ableist.
She said in another Daily Wire segment: "Let's debunk the idea that I'm an ableist. I thought that was really, really interesting, that I somehow wanted to pursue disabled people and I somehow wanted them out of spaces. That is absolute nonsense.
"I've spent my entire life fighting the idea that, in order for me to feel like I'm allowed to be Black or that I'm allowed to be a woman, I need to therefore see Black women everywhere.
"That is the opposite of what it means to actually have confidence. I don't need to see Tyra Banks being a model. I don't need to see Tyra Banks wearing underwear."
