If you did feel that it hurt you in any way, I sincerely apologize,” he said. That was not a word I said, I promise you that. “I had no idea what some people could have interpreted that as and I know some people did interpret that the wrong way. Once he realized his mispronunciation, Kappell says he placed extra emphasis on King. I had no idea the way it came across to many people,” he said in a video posted to Facebook 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. During WHEC-TV ’s Friday evening broadcast, Jeremy Kappell said. If you watch me regularly you know that I tend to contain a lot of information in my weathercast, which forces me to speak fast and unfortunately I spoke a little too fast when I was referencing Dr. CNN A television station in Rochester, New York, fired a meteorologist Sunday after he used a racial slur on air. “What happened on Friday, to me, it’s a simple misunderstanding. We are all human, we are not perfect.Kappell says the slur was an honest flub from speaking too quickly. This was an honest slip of the tongue that could happen to anyone. The Rochester, NY, meteorologist fired after what same say was a verbal blunder and others heard as a racist slur has a supporter in Al. "This is a good man who had no malice, no intent, no wrong doing. "He was not given a chance to explain or apologize," the petition reads.
Roker is not the only one who thinks Kappell should get a chance to explain himself. More than 35,000 people have signed a petition to bring Kappell back on air.
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Related: Meteorologist apologizes in Facebook video, promises he did not use racial slur on TV "Al, thank you very much," Kappell tweeted Wednesday. "Your support means so much to this family." Kappell took to his own Twitter account to express gratitude to Roker for his backing. WATCH: Meteorologist Fired For Using Racist Slur On Air Speaks Out NEW YORK - A Rochester meteorologist who was fired after uttering a racial slur during a. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the greatest civic leaders of all time." I would never want to tarnish the reputation of a such a great man as Dr. (AP) - Did a TV meteorologist broadcast a racial slur or simply flub a line Suchergebnisse fr News 10 Rochester Weatherman Fired. If you did feel that it hurt you in any way, I sincerely apologize.
"That is not a word I said, I promise you that. "I had no idea the way it came across to many people," Kappell said Monday during a Facebook Live video. A TV meteorologist at an NBC affiliate in Rochester, New York, was fired after being accused of using an on-air racial slur in. At the time, Kappell said he didn't realize how his flub was interpreted by viewers. Fired TV meteorologist denies he used on-air MLK slur 01:04. Kappell maintains that the slip-up was simply an accident, claiming he "stumbled over words" and jumbled King's name during his on-air delivery. Related: A TV meteorologist who used a racial slur on air was swiftly fired "Anyone who has done live tv and screwed up ( google any number of ones I’ve done) understands." "I think made an unfortunate flub and should be given the chance to apologize on Roker, 64, tweeted Wednesday. The high-profile "Today" weather anchor, however, believes Kappell deserves a chance to redeem himself. The chief meteorologist at a local news channel in Rochester, New York, was fired Sunday after using a racial slur on-air in reference to Martin Luther King. Memorial Park in Rochester, New York, as "Martin Luther Coon King Jr. A New York television meteorologist was fired after saying what many heard as a racial slur on air, which he defended on Monday evening as a slip of the tongue that he tried to quickly correct. WHEC-TV meteorologist Jeremy Kappell was let go Monday, three days after referring to Martin Luther King Jr. Al Roker is coming to the defense of a former television meteorologist who was fired for making a racial slur during a live broadcast.
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