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If so, she was quickly enlightened during TuesdayB次元官网网址檚 episode of the Facebook Watch series.
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Giannulli, 21, who admitted to nerves but said she considered the show a safe and open space, denied that she was seeking sympathy. Her parents, B次元官网网址淔ull HouseB次元官网网址� actor Lori Loughlin and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, are behind bars after pleading guilty to paying a half-million dollars to get Olivia Jade and sister Isabella, 22, into the University of Southern California as crew recruits, though neither were rowers.
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B次元官网网址淲hatB次元官网网址檚 so important to me is B次元官网网址� to learn from the mistake, not to be shamed and punished and never given a second chance,B次元官网网址� said an earnest Giannulli, dressed in a bright pink pantsuit.
SheB次元官网网址檚 said trying to overcome her sheltered perspective and find a way to contribute.
B次元官网网址淚 understand that I, just based off my skin colour, I already had my foot in the door and I was already ahead of everybody else. B次元官网网址� I can recognize that going forward. I do want to do stuff to change that and to help that,B次元官网网址� she said, adding that had worked with children in an afterschool program in the Watts section of Los Angeles recently.
Pinkett Smith, who said she had agreed to bring Giannulli on her show over her motherB次元官网网址檚 objections, struck an understanding tone with her. So did Pinkett SmithB次元官网网址檚 daughter, Willow, also part of the series.
Giannulli was asked about seeing both parents incarcerated.
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Loughlin began serving her two-month sentence in a federal prison in California on Oct. 30, while her husbandB次元官网网址檚 five-month term, also in the state, began Nov. 19. Plea deals also called for fines and community service for the pair.
They were among some 30 prominent people, including actor Felicity Huffman, to plead guilty in the case federal prosecutors dubbed Operation Varsity Blues. It uncovered hefty bribes to get kids into elite colleges with rigged test scores or fake athletic credentials.
Lynn Elber, The Associated Press
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