Justin Trudeau speaks after racist photo

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized again today for wearing blackface in three separate incidents. 

“What I did hurt them, hurt people who shouldn’t have to face intolerance and discrimination because of their identity. This is something I deeply, deeply regret,” he said.

Asked if he considered dropping out of his reelection bid, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared to confirm that he plans to stay in the race.

Trudeau said after speaking to allies and community leaders, he will “continue to do the work that is necessary to keep us moving forward in the right way.”

Trudeau went on to say that he hopes Canadians will support him and his party.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he told his staff when he found out that Time was looking for a photo of him in racist makeup.

On Wednesday, Time, a CNN affiliate, posted a photo of him wearing brownface when he was a school teacher in 2001.

Trudeau, speaking at a news conference today, expressed regret for his actions.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was just asked when did he first realize that wearing blackface was racist.

He pointed to the diversity of the crowd gathered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to watch him speak, and said serving as a leader for diverse populations made him realize that blackface and brownface are wrong.

“Fighting for them, defending them” made it “very, very clear to me,” he said.

He added that dressing up as he did in the newly surfaced photos is “absolutely unacceptable.”

The first photo that surfaced was taken in 2001.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted that he’s an ally regardless of the racist photos that emerged yesterday

“Even though we’ve moved forward in significant ways as a government, what I did, the choices I made, hurt people — hurt people who thought I was an ally,” he said at a news conference moments ago.

A little context: In office, Trudeau has held progressive opinions. He has proudly proclaimed he is a feminist and proposed legislation to tackle gender pay equity. He has personally welcomed Syrian refugees to the country. And he has offered formal apologies on behalf of the Canadian government for how it treated indigenous people and LGBTQ2 people.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned his past actions at a news conference today. After the first image published yesterday, Trudeau also admitted to another time he wore blackface. Today, a third racist image surfaced.

Asked how many times he wore racist makeup, Trudeau said he already shared “the moments I recollected.”

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized for photos of himself wearing racist makeup that emerged yesterday and today.

Trudeau said he “hurt people who shouldn’t have to face intolerance and discrimination because of their identity.”

“This is something that I deeply, deeply regret,” he said.

He continued:

Two photos and a video of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing racist makeup have emerged amid an escalating scandal for the liberal politician.

It all started Wednesday, when Time, a CNN affiliate, posted a photo of him wearing brownface when he was a school teacher in 2001. In his apology, Trudeau admitted he had also put on makeup when he was in high school as part of a talent show in which he sang “Day O.”

Here’s what we know so far:

A third instance of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing racist makeup has now emerged.

Global News reporter Mercedes Stephenson obtained video of Trudeau in darkface from a Conservative Party of Canada source. The source told her the video was shot in the early ‘90s, specifically sometime around 1993-1994. 

Stephenson also spoke to the person who shot the actual video. The person declined to comment, but did not deny that the video shows Trudeau.

The Office of the Prime Minister of Canada referred all calls to the Liberal Party of Canada. 

Liberal Party spokesperson Zita Astravas told CTV, a CNN Network partner: “We can confirm that it is him and it’s from the early 1990s.

WATCH:

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized after Time, a CNN affiliate, posted a photo of him wearing brownface when he was a school teacher in 2001.

Trudeau said the photo was taken at an end-of-the-year gala with an “Arabian Nights” theme. He said it was a racist photo — but he didn’t consider it racist at the time.

In his apology, Trudeau also admitted he had also put on makeup when he was in high school as part of a talent show in which he sang “Day O.”