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Kristi Capel, an Ohio news anchor, called Lady Gaga songs ‘jiga--- music’ while covering the Oscars with co-anchor Wayne Dawson.
The Ohio news anchor who used a racial slur while discussing Lady Gaga's Oscars performance has been temporarily taken off the air.

Fox 8 Cleveland news anchor Kristi Capel "will not be anchoring 'Fox 8 News in the Morning' for the remainder of the week," the station said in a statement Wednesday. She will be back behind the desk March 2,  Cleveland.com reported.

Channel 8's news director, Andy Fishman, declined to tell the Daily News whether Capel was suspended or had voluntarily taken herself off the air.

Capel came under fire after calling Lady Gaga songs "jiga--- music" on the air Monday morning, referring to a racist term for African Americans.

Capel, a former Miss Missouri USA, apologized on Twitter and during Tuesday's broadcast. She said she did not even know it was a word.

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"It's important for me to let you know that I deeply regret my insensitive comment," she said. "And I truly did not know the meaning of the word and would never intentionally use such hurtful language."

Channel 8 backed Capel in a statement, citing the anchor met with "a group of African-American clergy" to "begin the process of reflecting on the gravity of this incident."

"Kristi regrets her actions and realizes the impact of her mistake and the hurt she has caused," the statement said. "In her on-air apology, Kristi vowed to learn from this experience and has begun that process with help from clergy, friends, family and co-workers."

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[Doogi 1,097]

Lmao I don't think she meant to be offensive. I Think it was just the first word that came to her mind. I'm glad she wasn't completey fired forever.

[DontDoubtDavid 1,181]

whats jiga?

[Doogi 1,097]

whats jiga?

Jigaboo* they censored out the "boo" part

[brizoda 3,109]

why people can't accept differences and embrace it. life is much better

[Guest]

"She said she did not even know it was a word."

Let me just say a word on live television that I don't know of because that makes perfectly sense. People who say stuff that hurts others but don't give a damm because their selfish heart is too dark are the worst. Watch her get a paid suspension just like all the cops hurting the people they are supposed to protect. :MANiCURE:

[artpopmess 369]

Good

[Jester 6,197]

I see you're new to posting in News And Events :) You're doing a good job, you should just add sources at the end of your posts.

[GagaMyBlood95 9,808]

Gaga ha impact, ruins careers and doesn't even know it..

[GypsyPrince 237]

She didn't even know it was a word yet she used it. What kinda basic ass excuse is that.

[Minaj 607]

I've never heard of that term before :toofloppy:

[Stef 60,164]

OP is such a mess 

[DontDoubtDavid 1,181]

Jigaboo* they censored out the "boo" part

Okay. But what's jugaboo? Why's it so bad? Lol

[Ambrosia 3,775]

I'm sorry but if you present yourself in front of others and with the news, you need to have a grasp of vocabulary terms, even if the words are no longer used.  She needs to stick to standard words of the English language.  You shouldn't use slang when a news anchor anyway.  That's a pretty offending word to just come out on a whim. 

[Emvee 7,073]

She shouldn't be televised if she didn't even know it was a word.

Glad she wasn't completely fired though. This was more a matter of stupidity than it was about prejudice.