Another TV personality has been caught on tape using the ‘n-word”. A&E has indefinitely pulled all airings of Dog the Bounty Hunter effective Friday, two days after star Duane “Dog” Chapman’s racist rant hit the Internet.
Even with the halt in production just after the conversation was posted on the National Enquirer’s web site, E! News is reporting that an A&E spokesperson insisted that the series has not been canceled.
“When the inquiry is concluded, we will take appropriate action,” A&E said in an earlier statement.
Civil-rights leaders have decried Chapman’s outburst, and at least two advertisers pulled their sponsorship before A&E’s decision to shelve Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Chapman, 54, quickly issued a written apology for the comments, which came during a private phone call with son Tucker.
“I did not mean to add yet another slap in the face to an entire race of people who have brought so many gifts to this world. I am ashamed of myself and I pledge to do whatever I can to repair this damage I have caused.”
In the recording, the Hawaii-based TV star refers to his son’s African-American girlfriend, Monique Shinnery, as a “f—king n—-r,” and tells Tucker he can’t work in the family’s bounty-hunting business while dating her.
Tucker Chapman reportedly sold the tape to the Enquirer for “thousands of dollars”.