{"id":325221,"date":"2017-06-04T08:39:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T08:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=325221"},"modified":"2017-06-04T08:39:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T08:39:08","slug":"comedian-bill-maher-apologises-for-racial-slur-on-live-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/comedian-bill-maher-apologises-for-racial-slur-on-live-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Bill Maher apologises for racial slur on live TV"},"content":{"rendered":"
Comedian Bill Maher has apologised for using a racial slur on live television.<\/p>\n
The host of “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO used a derogatory term for African-Americans while interviewing Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse.<\/p>\n
The “joke” prompted a huge backlash, particularly on social media. Maher said he used the slur in the “banter of a live moment”.<\/p>\n
“The word was offensive and I regret saying it and am very sorry,” he said in a statement released the next day.<\/p>\n
The controversy arose during a segment of the show when Maher was interviewing the Republican Senator Ben Sasse.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Comedian Bill Maher has apologised for using a racial slur on live television. The host of “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO used a derogatory term for African-Americans while interviewing Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse. The “joke” prompted a huge backlash, particularly on social media. Maher said he used the slur in the “banter of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137],"tags":[7783,7784,7785],"yoast_head":"\n