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Kellyanne Conway Explains Why She Was Kneeling on Oval Office Couch

"I didn't mean to have my feet on the couch," she said on Fox Business News

Kellyanne Conway wants the controversy over her kneeling on a couch in the Oval Office put to bed, NBC News reported.

The presidential counselor was photographed looking at her phone while kneeling during a meeting with leaders from historically black colleges and universities Monday, which some observers suggested was disrespectful.

The photo went viral on Tuesday, and Conway went on Fox Business Network's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" that night to explain she had simply been asked to take a picture from a specific angle.

"I was being asked to take a picture in a crowded room with the press behind us, and I was asked to take a certain angle and was doing exactly that," Conway said. "I certainly meant no disrespect. I didn't mean to have my feet on the couch."

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