That would be the right way, but she had no friends at NBC and earned that status. They were looking for a pretext to get rid of her and she helped by making a tearful apology.
“she had no friends at NBC and earned that status. They were looking for a pretext to get rid of her”
That’s what I think. Her sorrow over the backlash might have been because more important than the NBC drama she doesn’t want people to believe she’s prejudiced against blacks.