Gay multi-racial host fired for joking that a guy made-up as FLOTUS looked like

[Ptarmigan]

Gay multi-racial host fired for joking that a guy made-up as FLOTUS looked like he was from ‘Planet of the Apes’?
http://twitchy.com/2015/03/13/gay-multi-racial-host-fired-for-joking-that-a-guy-made-up-as-flotus-looked-like-he-was-from-planet-of-the-apes/

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Univision Host - Michelle Obama Got Me Fired http://
bit.ly/1Df7LIj  Did he deserve it? Why/why not?
11:02 AM - 13 Mar 2015

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Univision fires TV host after he said the First Lady looks like a Planet of the Apes cast member: http://mm4a.org/1HLEeEM
 
5:00 PM - 12 Mar 2015

March 12, 2015 Esteemed First Lady Michelle Obama,

I offer my sincere apology for an unfortunate comment I made about a make-up artist’s depiction of you on Univision’s show “El Gordo y La Flaca” yesterday. It was clearly in bad taste and misunderstood.

I would like to explain that my remark was not directed at you, but at the result of an artist’s depiction of you that I found wasn’t accurate. The entire video clip in context corroborates this.

I feel embarrassed, and I hope you can forgive me, because there is no excuse. As a professional, I hold myself to high standards and there is no justification for someone at my level to make any kind of comment that could be interpreted as offensive or disrespectful to you personally, or to any minority in the times we live. I accept full responsibility for this lack of judgement on my part, but I cannot accept being labeled a racist by Univision, for whom I have worked for 17 years, or to anyone who may have misinterpreted my comments.

I come from a multi-racial Hispanic family, with relatives, like my own father, who are Afro-Latino. I am the first openly gay Hispanic TV host and I’ve been a minority activist throughout my career, championing a number of causes geared towards supporting minorities; people who, like me, have been the focus of discrimination. Moreover, I openly voted twice for your husband Barack Obama, because I esteem him as a great man who has done a great deal for minorities in this country.

I’ve worked on two entertainment shows at Univision where I have commented on the look of many celebrities, including royal families and First Ladies of Latin America. I’ve never critiqued anyone because of his or her skin color, sexual orientation or nationality. I am, in my humble opinion, a decent person, but at the end of the day, a human being. I’ve made my share of mistakes, but never like this. And, as distasteful and out of line as my comment could have been perceived, I don’t believe I deserve to be branded a racist. I hope you understand that I have an obligation to defend myself out of respect and love for my family, my father, my fans and my community.

I was notified verbally in a phone call by a Univision executive that, because of a complaint received from your office, my employment was being terminated. In an attempt to what I believe was a move to damage my career, Univision leaked this information to the media and I have been condemned for my comments in social networks and the media. I never received an official written notice of termination or an opportunity to clear the situation and provide my side of the story. Again, I offer a humble and sincere apology for the misunderstanding, and assume my responsibility.

Very respectfully, Rodner Figueroa

http://latinwe.com/palabras-oficiales-de-rodner-figueroa-a-la-primera-dama-michelle-obama/

Rodner Figueroa is half Black and Hispanic gay who voted for Obama twice and now is out of a job. The left use Blacks and gays as pawns.

Somehow, I just want to scream.

[thundley4]

They were right to fire the guy but they did it for the wrong reason. The guy in makeup to like like Michelle was better looking than Michelle and Michelle is the one that looks like a reject from Planet of the Apes, not him.



 

[SVPete]

The guy was fired for saying something he didn't say? And Univision didn't inform Mooch-Chelle the Thin-Skinned's peeps they they were misinformed? Day-Yum!

I knew Univision is in the Libs'/Progs' back pocket, but this makes it look like when thLibs/Progs say, "Jump!" Univision asks, "How high?" on the way up!

Why do I suspect a Search, if it's even possible, of Univision newsies' and commentators' comments about Laura Bush and SecState Rice would reveal a rather large double-standard. (Then again, I doubt the Bush Administration bothered to respond to such @#$%.)

[obumazombie]

Whenever something similar happened in the Soviet Union, the proletariat used to ask..."Does Comrade Lenin know about this?"