Samantha Bee Touted ‘Free, Creative Landscape’ at TBS Before ‘Feckless C*nt’ Crackdown

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With TBS reportedly taking a larger role in overseeing her show’s content, will Bee still be free to speak her mind?

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Published Jun. 6 2018 3:42PM EDT

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Just days before Samantha Bee unleashed a torrent of outrage by calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless cunt” on her show Full Frontal, she was telling a group of Emmy voters how “free” she felt to express her opinions on TBS.

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Samantha Bee Touted ‘Free, Creative Landscape’ at TBS Before ‘Feckless C*nt’ Crackdown

With TBS reportedly taking a larger role in overseeing her show’s content, will Bee still be free to speak her mind?

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Matt Wilstein