Rita Moreno is backtracking on her highly-publicized defense of Lin-Manuel Miranda after he was accused of sidelining Afro-Latinx actors in his movie In The Heights.Just twenty-four hours after the veteran actress and star of West Side Story told Stephen Colbert that critics were 'attacking the wrong person', Moreno, 89, issued an apology in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.'I'm incredibly disappointed with myself,' she declared Wednesday evening. 'While making a statement in defense of Lin Manuel Miranda on the Colbert Show last night, I was clearly dismissive of black lives that matter in our Latin community.' Change of heart: Rita Moreno is backtracking on her highly-publicized defense of Lin-Manuel Miranda after he was accused of.
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