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Aubrey O’Day moved to clarify remarks she made on The Sean Hannity Show about Adolf Hitler and Fidel Castro.

In a statement posted on TMZ’s website, O’Day said: “Murderers and dictators generally are some of the smartest people out there – they just use their brain power for evil purposes. I don’t condone any of their evil behaviour, but I was asked about their intellectual firepower… and in my opinion you can’t have a low IQ and wreck [sic] that much havoc on the world. What Hitler succeeded in doing, was deplorable. And I hope we never see such an abusive use of power again.”

O’Day, who visited Cuba during her Semester At Sea program, had said on the Fox News show: “As someone who has met [Castro], I met him and worked with him while I was in Cuba. I’m not defending his behaviour, but in many instances, but I do have to say, I will 100% agree, he’s an incredibly brilliant man, he has outlived tons of our presidents.”

When the panel raised questions about calling Castro brilliant, O’Day said, “I’m sure many murderers are brilliant people.”

When Hannity then asked her was Hitler brilliant, she said: “Listen, I don’t condone Hitler one ounce, but yes, he was a brilliant man. He ran a country and convinced everyone of horrible things.”