OMG, what century do we live in?!
Someone update Univision star Rodner Figueroa‘s calendar to let him know, because this is some repugnant, regressive shiz!
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The El Gordo y La Flaca host was commenting on a makeup artist who transformed herself into various celebs on Wednesday when Michelle Obama came up.
Figueroa said of the First Lady:
“Michelle Obama looks like a cast member of Planet of the Apes.”
WTF?? Seriously!
That is some majorly racist crap!
To Univision’s credit, they immediately took action, announcing Figueroa’s firing in a statement on Thursday:
“Yesterday during our entertainment program El Gordo y La Flaca Rodner Figueroa made comments regarding First Lady Michelle Obama that were completely reprehensible. As a result, Mr Figueroa was immediately terminated.”
We guess the fashion world will just have to get along with one less racist commenter.
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