Kappell has long contended he spoke the slur on accident. "These words have no place on News10NBC’s air, and the fact that we broadcast them disheartens and disgusts me." Reingold, the station's vice president, said at the time. "As a result of that broadcast, meteorologist Jeremy Kappell is no longer with News10NBC," Richard A. The station removed Kappell two days later and released a statement condemning his words. Jeremy Kappell, a former meteorologist for WHEC-TV in Rochester, NY., was fired in January after he seemed to speak the phrase "Martin Luther Coon King Jr. In response to a critic who said the on-air remark was “racist and willful,” Kappell responded: “You are out of your mind to think I would jeopardize future of my family and career to insert a racial slur against the GREATEST civil rights leader of all time?!?! #Ridiculous #Hateful #Judgemental and #youdontknowthefirsthingaboutme!”ĬNN’s Joe Sutton, Amir Vera and Holly Yan contributed to this report.A weatherman who was fired for allegedly uttering a racial slur live on air is now filing a lawsuit against his city's government, claiming he's "suffered greatly" due to its treatment of him. You are out of your mind to think I would jeopardize future of my family and career to insert a racial slur against the GREATEST civil rights leader of all time?!?! #Ridiculous #Hateful #Judgemental and #youdontknowthefirsthingaboutme! - Jeremy Kappell January 7, 2019 Viewers of Kappell’s broadcast were split on whether they think he intentionally or accidentally used the slur. I had no idea the way it came across to many people,” he said in a video posted to Facebook last Monday night. In my mind I knew I mispronounced, but there was no malice.
So fast to the point where I jumbled a couple of words. If you watch me regularly you know that I tend to contain a lot of information in my weather cast, which forces me to speak fast and unfortunately I spoke a little too fast when I was referencing Dr. “What happened on Friday, to me, it’s a simple misunderstanding. Please keep my family in your prayers.Posted by Jeremy Kappell on Monday, January 7, 2019 I wanted to take this time to explain our side of the story. We make mistakes,” Lemon said.Ī heartfelt thanks to all those who have been supporting us. And I don’t understand why you were fired. “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.
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