People are upset after Karamo Brown described Sean Spicer as "very sweet"

The 'Queer Eye' star and Donald Trump's former Press Secretary are both competing on 'Dancing With The Stars' this year.

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Karamo Brown and Sean Spicer are appearing on the new season of Dancing With The Stars Source: ABC Australia

This time we actually can't believe.

Karamo Brown, who gives "emotional and mental makeovers" on Queer Eye, has found himself in hot water after calling former Trump administration Press Secretary Sean Spicer "a good guy; a really sweet guy."

The comments were made during a red carpet interview following the news that both Brown and Spicer would be appearing on the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars in the US.

“I was most excited to meet him,” he went on to say, according to Vanity Fair.

“I’m a big believer that if you can talk to someone and meet in the middle, you can learn about each other and help each other both grow.”

Safe to say, fans of Queer Eye were disappointed with the remarks.
Despite facing immediate backlash from his followers, Brown seemed to double down on his comments regarding Spicer.

"I’m excited to sit down w/ him and engage in a respectful conversations," he tweeted.

“Only way things get better is if we try to educate those who have different POV than us.”

Going on a spree of 'blocking' users who were criticising or questioning his views, Brown now appears to have disabled his twitter account.

The host of Dancing With The Stars, Tom Bergeron, has expressed his own disappointment at Spicer's inclusion in the series.
Karamo
Karamo Brown's Twitter account. Source: Twitter
“It is the prerogative of the producers, in partnership with the network, to make whatever decisions they feel are in the best long term interests of the franchise,” Bergeron tweeted.

“We can agree to disagree, as we do now, but ultimately it’s their call. I’ll leave it to them to answer any further questions about those decisions.”

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