Kellyanne Conway “sorry” after kneeling on Oval Office couch

Kellyanne Conway offered an apology after outrage at a photo of her sitting with her feet on a couch in the Oval Office, but blamed a “vicious” journalist for causing problems.

“I was very busy today and didn’t follow a lot of it, but I know there are a couple of reports at least showing what happened. And what happened is we had the largest gathering of men and women to date in the Oval Office for a picture,” the White House adviser said on Fox Business Network’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” Tuesday.

“I was being asked to take a picture in a crowded room with the press behind us. I was asked to take a certain angle and was doing exactly that. I certainly meant no disrespect, I didn’t mean to have my feet on the couch.”

On Monday, Conway was photographed kneeling on a couch in the Oval Office while President Trump met with leaders of historically black colleges and universities.

The set of photos showed Conway situating herself on the couch to take a picture of the group, but social media users took offense at her sitting on the furniture in heels.

On his news show, Dobbs asked about the “deplorable hypocrisy” and the “venom of the left” to point of Conway’s pose and ignore photographs of former President Barack Obama with his feet on the Oval Office desk during his terms.

“It is venomous, it is vicious, it bothers my children to be frank with you. I have 24/7 Secret Service protection because people do wish us harm and people should take that very seriously. I’m not a victim at all but people should take very seriously the import of their words when I meant no disrespect,” Conway said.

“But hey, Lou, if we started the trend here, where people are outwardly talking about greater respect for the Office of the President and its current occupant, then perhaps that’s something positive that came out. But I of course meant no disrespect.”

She then proceeded to blame an unnamed reporter for the mini-scandal.

“This came from a journalist that is not happy that Donald Trump is the President,” Conway told Dobbs. “But I just want people to focus on the great work of the HBCU presidents and how honored we were to have them here.”

Source: NYdailynews