A comedian mocked a young conservative for his ‘Nazi hair.’ He actually has cancer.

Comedian Samantha Bee has never shied away from controversy, and her show on TBS, “Full Frontal With Samanatha Bee,” has been both praised and criticized for its stinging political satire.

But nonetheless, Bee and her show apologized Thursday after one joke went too far, poking fun at the haircut of a man with cancer.

On Wednesday night, the latest episode of “Full Frontal” aired, and in a segment about the Conservative Political Action Conference, held in late February, the narrator repeatedly described the haircuts of several male participants as “Nazi hair.”

However, one of the men shown during the clip, Kyle Coddington, has been diagnosed with stage four brain cancer and recently underwent chemotherapy, resulting in his hair’s appearance, according to Outset. That fact was quickly noted by several social media users.

Both Bee and her show’s official Twitter account sent out apologies Thursday afternoon, and the clip has been edited from the show’s website, though Outset still has the original version posted.

The joke itself originates from the perception that haircuts like Coddington’s, cropped closely on the sides and long on the top, are reminiscent of a style popular in 1930s Germany, per the Washington Post. The cut has also become closely associated with the alt-right, a white nationalist movement, and is sported by leaders such as Richard Spencer, per Esquire. It even has a nickname: the fashy, short for fascist.

However, Coddington’s hair style is the result of his cancer, he said on Twitter. A GoFundMe page set up for Coddington has raised nearly $10,000, with many of the donations coming after Bee’s apology. The show itself has donated $1,000.

This story was originally published March 9, 2017 at 6:22 PM with the headline "A comedian mocked a young conservative for his ‘Nazi hair.’ He actually has cancer.."