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Hilary Duff and her boyfriend Jason Walsh are in hot water for their choice of Halloween costumes.
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On October 28th, Hilary and Jason attended the Casamigos Tequila Halloween party in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Hilary dressed as a pilgrim, and Jason dressed as a Native American.
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Both parties faced swift backlash from fans, who called their getups "so disrespectful," both culturally, and in light of the Native American genocide.
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"It's ok to dress up as a Native American and a Pilgrim side by side," one fan asked. "So would it be ok for a pair to dress up as a Jewish person and a Nazi side by side? Would that be ok?"
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Hilary and Jason have now issued apologies for their costumes.
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"I am SO sorry to people I offended with my costume," Hilary wrote in a tweet. "It was not properly thought through and I am truly, from the bottom of my [heart emoji] sorry."
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