Fired Univision horde apologizes to Michelle Obama
Rodner Figueroa (Associated Press)
A dismissed radio horde is apologizing to initial lady Michelle Obama for suggesting she looks like a expel member from a film Planet Of The Apes
Rodner Figueroa, dismissed Thursday for his commentsEl Gordo y La Flacaan open minute to Mrs. Obama
During a Wednesday promote — as he and other hosts commented on a video of a makeup artist who transforms himself into opposite celebrities, including  Mrs. Obama — Figueroa said: “Well, watch out, we know that Michelle Obama looks like she’s from a expel of Planet of a Apes
In a matter on Figueroa’s dismissal, Univision called Figueroa’s comments “completely reprehensible†and pronounced they “in no approach simulate a values or opinions of Univision.â€
Figueroa had worked 17 years for Univision, and been partial of a El Gordo y la Flaca
Also from Figueroa’s letter
“I feel embarrassed, and we wish we can pardon me, since there is no excuse. As a professional, we reason myself to high standards and there is no justification for someone during my turn to make any kind of criticism that could be interpreted as descent or unpleasant to we personally, or to any minority in a times we live. we accept full shortcoming for this miss of settlement on my part, though we can't accept being labeled a extremist by Univision, for whom we have worked for 17 years, or to anyone who might have misinterpreted my comments.
“I come from a multi-racial Hispanic family, with relatives, like my possess father, who are Afro-Latino. we am a initial plainly happy Hispanic TV horde and I’ve been a minority romantic via my career, championing a series of causes geared towards ancillary minorities; people who, like me, have been a concentration of discrimination. Moreover, we plainly voted twice for your father Barack Obama, since we venerate him as a good male who has finished a good understanding for minorities in this country.â€
He finished a minute with: “Again, we offer a common and frank reparation for a misunderstanding, and assume my responsibility.â€
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