‘Moment of Weakness’: Louise Linton Weighs in on Her ‘Reactionary’ Remarks Defending Infamous Instagram Post
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Louise Linton is responding to her many critics for the first time since having her publicist release a tepid apology for her remarks attacking critics of her Instagram post. In that now infamous post, Linton included a photograph of herself and her husband, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, exiting a federal government airplane, and the names of the designers she was wearing.
“I concede completely to the comments of my critics,” Linton told Washington Life magazine two weeks after her story went viral. That interview was published Tuesday, for the magazine’s annual “Balls and Galas” edition.
Exclusive: #LouiseLinton covers our September issue and speaks out for the first time since her infamous IG post. https://t.co/FlNvD15UKc
— Washington Life (@WashingtonLife) September 5, 2017
“My post itself and the following response were indefensible. Period. I don’t have any excuses, nor do I feel any self-pity for the backlash I experienced. I sincerely take ownership of my mistake,” Linton, an actress and producer, added.
Linton attacked at least two Instagram users who had criticized her Instagram post, calling one of them “adorably out of touch.”
“Thanks for the passive aggressive nasty comment. Your kids look very cute. Your life looks cute,” Linton had added.
She also questioned her Instagram critics’ “sacrifice” to the nation, both in tax dollars and and personal “self-sacrifice.” It was never clear what self-sacrifice she was alluding to.
“It’s clear that I was the one who was truly out of touch,” Linton now says, “and my response was reactionary and condescending. I wish I hadn’t spoken in such a patronizing tone. It was an out of character, knee-jerk reaction, and I felt so awful about it that I removed it.”Â
“I had no place to talk about sacrifice when there are millions of men and women making real sacrifices for this country every day,” Linton says, alluding to her Instagram comment. “My husband is very fortunate to be part of the government. It is a great honor and privilege and in no way is his work, or my part in this, any kind of sacrifice.”
She also called her response “thoughtless” and “insensitive,” and says now that the attacks have forced her “to take a deep look” at what she has done.Â
“I feel like the world gave me a good, hard wake-up call and I’m OK with that.”
Instead of emphasizing things I truly care about, like family, animal rescue and my work,” Linton says, “I was trying to portray a certain public image.”
She calls it a “moment of weakness” that “doesn’t truly reflect” who she is.
But Linton is also receiving attacks now for making her apology in Washington Life’s “Balls and Galas” edition, in which she is dressed in several photo shoots and on the cover in beautiful designer dresses.
She addresses it in the magazine: “I see the irony of making an apology in a ball gown,” she says.
Others do too:
Unreal: gown-clad Louise Linton uses “Balls & Galas”(!) issue of @WashingtonLife to apologize for her offensive Kentucky trip with Mnuchin. pic.twitter.com/inIYaNEPQQ
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) September 5, 2017
Having a real whale of a time imagining the art direction on this “apology” shoot of Louise Linton’s pic.twitter.com/3VTMP0S6zi
— Alessandra T Codinha (@ATCodinha) September 5, 2017
Louise Linton is so very sorry… sorry she was so candid about what a terrible person she is. How dreadfully embarassing to be so indiscreet.
— Jonas Lefkowitch (@JonasLeft) September 5, 2017
How many times have we heard someone say they’re sorry – but they’re really only sorry that they got caught? Almost always.
Louise Linton— Don Galya (@donpgalya) September 5, 2017
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