{"id":2031258,"date":"2023-09-13T22:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T02:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burbank-mayor-apologizes-for-response-to-drag-queen-spanking-video-backlash\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T22:53:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T02:53:46","slug":"burbank-mayor-apologizes-for-response-to-drag-queen-spanking-video-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burbank-mayor-apologizes-for-response-to-drag-queen-spanking-video-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Burbank Mayor apologizes for mishandling drag queen spanking video backlash."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fburbank-mayor-apologizes-for-response-to-drag-queen-spanking-video-backlash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2031258&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Burbank Mayor \u200cApologizes \u200dfor \u2062Controversial Video at City Council\u200b Meeting<\/h2>\n<div class=\"my-5\">BURBANK, Calif.\u2014In the first city council meeting since a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1701014340307161531?s=61&#038;t=FU6Puiph6hbcbN80yLHIow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> surfaced of the Burbank mayor\u200b being spanked \u2063by a\u200d drag\u200c queen, Mayor\u2062 Konstantine\u200c Anthony on\u200c Sept. 12 apologized for his \u2062reaction to ongoing public \u200coutcry as local\u2062 and national blowback over the video continued.<\/div>\n<p>A viral clip was taken during a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burbank-mayor-apologizes-for-response-to-drag-queen-spanking-video-backlash\/\" title=\"Burbank Mayor apologizes for mishandling drag queen spanking video backlash.\">drag queen bingo \u2062night hosted<\/a> by the Santa Clarita Valley \u200bDemocrats over the weekend\u2062 and shared by the WiseNuts podcast \u200band \u200cLibs of TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Mr. Anthony bends over a table and laughs\u2062 while a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-mayor-spanked-by-drag-queen-at-democratic-fundraiser\/\" title=\"Drag queen spanks California mayor at Democratic fundraiser.\">drag queen spanks<\/a> him.\u200c The clip was published on\u2062 X, formerly \u2062known as Twitter, Sept. 10 by Libs\u200b of TikTok and had 2.4 million views by Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related \u200cStories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/texas-federal-judge-temporarily-halts-ban-on-sexualized-performances-for-kids-5484742\">Texas \u200cFederal \u200dJudge \u2064Temporarily Halts Ban on Sexualized Performances for Kids<\/a> \u2062- 9\/1\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/bright\/footage-shows-wayward-bear-cooling-off-in-burbank-backyard-swimming-pool-during-heatwave-5441412\">Footage Shows \u2063Wayward Bear Cooling Off in Burbank Backyard Swimming Pool During Heatwave<\/a> &#8211; 8\/14\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Anthony, who \u2063is also running for Los Angeles County\u2064 supervisor, brushed \u2062off the controversy at Tuesday\u2019s\u2062 council meeting but\u2063 later apologized for his \u201closs of decorum\u201d in his responses to the public\u200d in the \u2063aftermath of the video going viral.<\/p>\n<p>Although\u2062 the \u200bevent\u200c was advertised for anyone over the age of 15, Mr. Anthony reiterated on Tuesday \u200donly adults attended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the weekend, I attended\u200d a private adults-only event,\u201d he said. \u201cThere were some shenanigans and some silly stuff \u2064happened. It was \u2062all fun and games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mayor also said he was shocked at the public\u2019s reaction to the event,\u200b calling Libs\u2064 of\u200c TikTok a \u201cprominent hate group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several\u200d citizens criticized the mayor\u2019s behavior, \u200bwhile \u2064city councilors\u200d condemned his reaction to social media and emails.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials and residents, a recall effort has been launched \u2064to remove Mr. Anthony from office.<\/p>\n<p>Resident Ben Sheffield called the\u2062 behavior \u201cdisgraceful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA flood of comments are being made, demanding Mr. Anthony resign from council,\u201d Mr. Sheffield said. \u201cA recall is already underway. Mr.\u2064 Anthony, you are a disgrace and an embarrassment to the\u200b city of Burbank. Shame on you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another speaker at the meeting, Scott Meyers was one of several who agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou, sir, have set another bad example \u200din a long line of bad examples,\u201d Mr. \u2064Meyers said. \u201cThe \u2018spank seen around the world\u2019 occurred with you bending over at a \u2063Democratic fundraiser, swatted by a man in nothing but lipstick and\u2064 high heels, and a wig. This was unbefitting of a mayor, and you embarrassed\u2062 your colleagues\u200c and everybody in this city,\u200c and in Southern California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But\u2062 a \u2062few\u2062 current and former residents spoke\u2064 in support of the mayor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u200dam \u2063saddened by the\u200b immature lack \u2063of tolerance and behavior of fellow\u200b residents of the\u2064 city of Burbank,\u201d Chris\u2063 Anderson said.<\/p>\n<p>Councilors, however, \u2064encouraged residents who \u200chad emailed or called them to look into the recall process, which is the only way to remove a sitting councilor in \u200cBurbank.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Mayor of Burbank, Konstantine Anthony, walks a picket \u2063line alongside\u200c members\u2063 of \u2064the Writers Guild of America and\u2062 the Screen Actors\u2063 Guild \u2064outside Disney Studios \u2062in\u2064 Burbank, \u200bCalif., on July 14, 2023. \u200d(Michael Tran\/AFP\u2063 via Getty \u2064Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Councilwoman\u200d Tamala Takahashi said\u200b she didn\u2019t have a problem \u200bwith\u2064 the mayor participating in\u200d the \u200dfundraiser, or how he portrayed himself on social media, but he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-ceo-chris-licht-calls-employee-meeting-to-apologize-to-staff-after-atlantic-article-surfaces\/\" title=\"CNN CEO Chris Licht apologizes to staff after Atlantic article emerges.\">displayed bad judgment<\/a> when handling complaints over the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m aware of the longstanding \u200cpattern \u2062of provocativeness and \u2062performance that our current mayor exhibits\u200d as part \u2064of his activism and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-suspended-from-education-program-for-saying-a-man-is-a-man-a-woman-is-a-woman\/\" title=\"Student Suspended From Education Program For Saying, \u2018A Man Is A Man, A Woman Is A Woman\u2019\">social media presence<\/a>,\u201d \u2063she \u2063said. \u201cHowever, I do have strong feelings about how our work in the City of Burbank is\u200d conducted.\u2063 To me, a line \u2063has been crossed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councilwoman Zizette Mullins said she was disappointed the mayor didn\u2019t apologize and asked for the issue to be put on a future agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was hoping to hear an apology \u2064for what \u200cyou put the City of Burbank, staff, and community through,\u201d\u2063 Ms. Mullins said. \u201cIt\u2019s not fun watching our mayor bent over in that situation\u2063 being televised on FOX News.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After hearing from\u200b four \u2063councilors and the public, Mr. Anthony apologized for some \u2064of his\u2062 responses to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will say, there was a\u2062 loss of decorum in my\u2063 response,\u201d Mr. Anthony said. \u201cI\u2019m not perfect &#8230; But I\u2019m having a difficult time\u200b of it. I \u2062come from a very silly performance background. To me what is goofy and \u200bnormal\u2063 to\u200d other folks seems inappropriate. I need to learn that line \u2063and I need to\u200c learn \u200cwhen it \u200dis crossed and when to step back.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">The Democratic Socia<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Burbank, Mayor Konstantine Anthony apologized during a city council meeting on Sept. 12 for his response to public outrage over a video showing him being spanked by a drag queen. The video went viral, causing local and national backlash. 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