WEEI producer Chris Curtis has been suspended following his remark about ESPN’s Mina Kimes, apologizing on Thursday for his “stupid lame attempt at a joke.”
Curtis has been dealing with warmth since he referred to as Kimes a “nip” throughout a latest section on The Greg Hill Show. The sports activities discuss radio present hosts had been discussing their favourite alcohol nips, because the Boston City Council explores whether or not the town ought to ban the small liquor bottles.
The phrase “nip” is an ethnic slur in opposition to Japanese individuals, and Kimes is Asian-American.
Curtis initially of Thursday’s present stated he meant to say the actress Mila Kunis as an alternative of Kimes.
“In a pathetic failed attempt at a one-liner, I attempted to bring up Mila Kunis, which was not really that funny, sophomoric and sexist,” Curtis stated. “But for causes I don’t perceive, I stated Mina Kimes.
“That was never the intention for me to say her name,” he added. “It had nothing to do with the subject matter, and it dragged her into a controversy through no fault of her own regarding a slur and her race, and it’s not at all what my intention was — but it doesn’t matter because of the absolute chaos that my words created for someone who’s just doing her job covering the NFL at ESPN.”
On Wednesday, Kimes modified her Twitter profile image to Kunis after listening to that Curtis meant to say the actress.
“I want to apologize to Mina Kimes,” Curtis stated on Thursday. “I want to apologize for the stupid lame attempt at a joke… I had a clumsy attempt to try to bring humor to a story in Boston.”
“This is not who I am and who we are as a show, but I fell short of that,” he later added.
Curtis left the present after the opening section on Thursday, and he will likely be again on Wednesday subsequent week following his suspension.
This newest incident at WEEI comes 5 years after the station held sensitivity coaching following a bunch’s offensive impersonation of an Asian accent. Host Christian Fauria had imitated sports activities agent Don Yee on-air in an exaggerated, mocking Asian accent. Advertisers dropped WEEI in consequence.
The prime sports activities discuss radio station within the area, 98.5 The Sports Hub, was just lately within the highlight for racist feedback. Host Tony Massarotti was suspended for his “insensitive” remark about Black individuals sitting behind his 98.5 co-host Mike Felger. All of the on-air Beasley workers within the Boston-area took sensitivity coaching after that.
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