A news anchor for a Fox affiliate in Ohio described Lady Gaga’s Academy Awards performance as “jigaboo music” live on the air Monday in front of her black colleague.
Kristi Capel, who co-hosts Cleveland-based WJW’s “Fox 8 News In The Morning,” was discussing the performance when she said: “It’s hard to really hear her voice with all the jigaboo music.”
“Whatever you want to call it, jigaboo,” she added.
Capel’s co-host, Wayne Dawson, quickly turned the conversation back to Lady Gaga’s vocal talents.
Capel soon apologized on Twitter, saying she didn’t know the meaning of the word:
@John_Ferguson_ @fox8news I apologize if I offended you, I had no idea it was a word or what it meant. Thank you for watching.
— Kristi Capel (@Kristi_Capel) February 23, 2015
The Oxford English Dictionary describes “jigaboo” as a “depreciative and offensive” term for blacks.
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h/t Mediaite
