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"Orange Is the New Black star Laverne Cox has responded to Julianne Hough dressing in blackface as a character from the Netflix show. Julianne issued a public apology this week for donning blackface to dress as the Orange Is the New Black character Crazy Eyes for a Halloween party.   Cox - who plays Sophia Burse in the Netflix series - has now offered her opinion on the Hough controversy. &amp;quot;I think it&amp;#039;s great she likes our show. Crazy Eyes is my favorite character besides mine too,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;But it&amp;#039;s really interesting that she doesn&amp;#039;t seem to understand.&amp;quot; Cox continued: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s historically tricky in this country to re-create blackface. I&amp;#039;m not opposed to someone having their form of expression, but she seemed to be completely unaware of the historical implications going in, and I think that&amp;#039;s problematic.  &amp;quot;If you want to make a choice like that, I think it&amp;#039;s important to understand the historical context you are walking into.&amp;quot;  Julianne&amp;#039;s brother Derek Hough said earlier this week that his sibling is &amp;quot;mortified&amp;quot; about the fallout of her blackface costume. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s so apologetic,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s so, so sorry and I just hope that we can all forgive her and move on.&amp;quot; Derek added: &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s my little baby sister and she&amp;#039;s the sweetest thing ever... She is just beyond beside herself.&amp;quot; View all of today&amp;#039;s best celebrity pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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