Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is apologizing for wearing brown facial makeup to an 91ƵArabian Nights91Ƶ party in 2001, saying he should have known better, and he91Ƶs asking for the forgiveness of Canadians.
Trudeau also says that in high school, he wore makeup while performing a version of the Harry Belafonte song, 91ƵBanana Boat Song (Day-O).91Ƶ
He made the apology 91Ƶ and the admission 91Ƶ in a news conference on board his campaign plane after the photo was published online earlier Friday by Time magazine.
. is expected to speak later this evening. This is the photo, spreading rapidly online now, that obtained from a West Point Grey Academy yearbook 2000-2001.
91Ƶ Ashley Wadhwani (@ashwadhwani)
More to come.
The Canadian Press
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