“I thought that your apology was sincere.
Lemon backed Kappell in his account and related to his situation. The people in the control room, also no one came forward and said they heard it, either,” Kappell said. “Not only did I not hear it, but the other three people that were in the studio at the time with me, my co-anchors, they also did not hear it. When asked why it took him time to respond, Kappell said he didn’t even know what it was he said. Read statement from News10NBC’s General Manager In a video viewed by CNN, Kappell says “King” immediately after using the slur and continues with the Friday night broadcast. During the station’s Friday night broadcast, Kappell said “Martin Luther Coon Park” when referring to a downtown park named after Martin Luther King Jr. Kappell was fired last Sunday after saying a racial slur on a January 4 broadcast. The moment I realized that I was fumbling I immediately put the emphasis on King, not knowing that I had made a major error,” Kappell told Lemon. “It was a mispronunciation and I could tell that I was fumbling the words a little bit.
The former weatherman for WHEC-TV defended himself on “CNN Tonight” with Don Lemon Thursday night.
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Meteorologist Jeremy Kappell says he could tell he was fumbling his words on air last week, but like any TV journalist, he said he had to keep going. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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