Bette Midler apologises after ‘outburst’ in which she called West Virginia ‘poor, illiterate’

Bette Midler has apologised after calling the state of West Virginia “poor” and “illiterate” in a tweet. The singer and Hocus Pocus star, 76, who is often vocal about politics on Twitter, blasted West Virginia’s Democratoc senator Joe Manchin on Monday (20 December),