Steve Harvey in talks with ‘Scandal’ fixer to reverse the damage

Embattled entertainer Steve Harvey is working to mend his image following on-air joke demeaning Asian men and an ill-advised meeting with the highly divisive President. A source close to the situation tells Confidential that handlers for Harvey have been in contact with crisis control expert Judy Smith, the real-life fixer upon whom the TV show “Scandal” is based.

Fresh Off The Boat Celebrates Chinese New Year and Eddie Huang Talks about Steve Harvey

But no matter how successful I was, how much self-improvement was made, or how aware I was that stereotypes are not facts, there were times I thoroughly believed that no one wanted anything to do with me. I told myself that it was all a lie, but the structural emasculation of Asian men in all forms of media became a self-fulfilling prophecy that produced an actual abhorrence to Asian men in the real world.

Steve Harvey sorry for jokes about Asian men

Harvey mocked a 2002 book titled, “How to Date a White Woman: A Practical Guide for Asian Men” during an episode aired on Jan. 6. He joked that neither white nor black women had any interest in Asian men. In a message posted on Twitter on Tuesday , Harvey offered his “humblest apology for offending anyone, particularly those in the Asian community.”

Fresh Off the Boat’ Author Eddie Huang Responds to Steve…

“Fresh off the Boat” author and restaurateur Eddie Huang has responded to Steve Harvey ‘s controversial Asian men joke from earlier this month. In an essay for the New York Times , Huang wrote about the certain stereotypes Asian men face – “we count good, we bow well our male anatomy is the size of a thumb drive and we could never in a thousand millenniums be a threat to steal your girl.”

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