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.
Kappell said as soon as he heard the mispronunciation he “put emphasis on ‘King’ and moved on.” 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. I had no idea the way it came across to many people,” he said in a video posted to Facebook Monday night.Ī heartfelt thanks to all those who have been supporting us. 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. Kappell said his use of the slur was a mistake caused by speaking too quickly. In a video viewed by CNN, Kappell says “King” immediately after using the slur and continues with the broadcast. A television station in Rochester, New York, fired a meteorologist Sunday after he used a racial slur on air.ĭuring WHEC-TV’s Friday evening broadcast, Jeremy Kappell said “Martin Luther Coon Park,” when referring to a downtown Rochester park named after slain civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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