After reportedly defending his April 4
description of the Rutgers
University women's
basketball team, which is comprised
of eight African-American and two white players, as "nappy-headed
hos," on the
April 6 edition of MSNBC's Imus in the
Morning, host Don Imus apologized
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for the remark. Imus called his comments "insensitive
and ill-conceived," adding that "[i]t was completely inappropriate, and we can understand why
people were offended." He further called the comments "thoughtless
and stupid." Media Matters for America
noted Imus'
initial comments at the time.
According to an April 5 article
on Imus' comments on the WNBC website, "Imus said people should
relax and not worry about 'some idiot comment meant to be amusing.'
"
From the April 6 edition of MSNBC's Imus in the Morning:
IMUS: Want to take
a moment to apologize for an insensitive and ill-conceived remark we made the
other morning referring to the Rutgers
women's basketball team. It was completely inappropriate, and we can understand why people were
offended. Our characterization was thoughtless and stupid, so, and we're
sorry.
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