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KOCO Channel 5 TV morning host says her black co-anchor looks like a 'gorilla' during a news segment
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<blockquote data-quote="1911Sooner" data-source="post: 3265337" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>n Oklahoma City news anchor apologized to her black co-host on Friday after comparing him to a gorilla during a last week segment.</p><p></p><p>Alex Housden, morning anchor for KOCO-TV, had made the comparison with her co-anchor - Jason Hackett - while the duo reported on a young gorilla at the Oklahoma City Zoo on Thursday.</p><p></p><p>Housden told Hackett that the primate 'kind of looks like you' to which her co-anchor quickly responded 'he kind of does, actually yeah.'</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/08/27/20/17756852-7400175-image-a-88_1566934610695.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><a href="https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2019/08/27/8908002706710087862/480x270_MP4_8908002706710087862.mp4" target="_blank">Video</a></p><p></p><p>Video of the awkward exchange soon went viral on social media, with several users decrying the anchor's remarks.</p><p></p><p>On Friday, she apologized to 'one of my best friends for the past year and a half.'</p><p></p><p>'I'm here this morning because I want to apologize, not only to my coworker Jason, but to our entire community,' she said during the Friday segment. 'I said something yesterday that was inconsiderate, it was inappropriate and I hurt people. </p><p></p><p>She continued: I want you to know I understand how much I hurt you all out there and how much I hurt you. I would never do anything on purpose to hurt you.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/08/27/20/17757144-7400175-image-m-90_1566935025319.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Housden stressed that she loved her community and apologized from the bottom of her heart.</p><p></p><p>Apology video </p><p><a href="https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2019/08/27/6345945194168433161/480x270_MP4_6345945194168433161.mp4" target="_blank">Video</a></p><p></p><p>Hackett accepted his co-host's apology and cosigned that the two had a fantastic relationship.</p><p></p><p>'What she said yesterday was wrong,' he said in response. It cut deep for me and a lot of you in the community.'</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1911Sooner, post: 3265337, member: 9"] n Oklahoma City news anchor apologized to her black co-host on Friday after comparing him to a gorilla during a last week segment. Alex Housden, morning anchor for KOCO-TV, had made the comparison with her co-anchor - Jason Hackett - while the duo reported on a young gorilla at the Oklahoma City Zoo on Thursday. Housden told Hackett that the primate 'kind of looks like you' to which her co-anchor quickly responded 'he kind of does, actually yeah.' [img]https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/08/27/20/17756852-7400175-image-a-88_1566934610695.jpg[/img] [URL='https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2019/08/27/8908002706710087862/480x270_MP4_8908002706710087862.mp4']Video[/URL] Video of the awkward exchange soon went viral on social media, with several users decrying the anchor's remarks. On Friday, she apologized to 'one of my best friends for the past year and a half.' 'I'm here this morning because I want to apologize, not only to my coworker Jason, but to our entire community,' she said during the Friday segment. 'I said something yesterday that was inconsiderate, it was inappropriate and I hurt people. She continued: I want you to know I understand how much I hurt you all out there and how much I hurt you. I would never do anything on purpose to hurt you. [img]https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/08/27/20/17757144-7400175-image-m-90_1566935025319.jpg[/img] Housden stressed that she loved her community and apologized from the bottom of her heart. Apology video [URL='https://videos.dailymail.co.uk/video/mol/2019/08/27/6345945194168433161/480x270_MP4_6345945194168433161.mp4']Video[/URL] Hackett accepted his co-host's apology and cosigned that the two had a fantastic relationship. 'What she said yesterday was wrong,' he said in response. It cut deep for me and a lot of you in the community.' [/QUOTE]
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