Ellie Kemper

<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-07T17:53:30+00:00“>June 7, 2021 | 1:53pm ET Ellie Kemper has issued an apology for her role as the Veiled Prophet Queen of a debutante ball with what she called an “unquestionably racist, sexist, and elitist past.” This comes after old newspaper articles documenting the event went viral, with some mocking the veteran actress as the “KKK Princess” or “KKK Queen.” “When I was 19 years old, I decided to participate in a debutante ball in my hometown,” the star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt wrote in an Instagram post. “I was not aware of this history at the time, but ignorance is no excuse. I was old enough to have educated myself before getting invo...