![]() "We don't focus a lot on rehabilitation in our society today and part of that is, yes there has to be some repercussions, I don't think it should go as far in this particular incidence as firing an individual," King told TMZ. King contended that there are situations when there's been continual behavior, but said when a racial slur is used during a one-off scenario, there should be an opportunity for rehabilitation. While many were outraged and called for the meteorologist to be fired, King called for a chance for Kappell to redeem himself. Reingold added that it "disheartens and disgusts" him and called the fact that it wasn't caught immediately "inexcusable." Reingold, the boss of WHEC where Kappell worked, said the meteorologist was fired after an internal investigation and said his words have no place on the network's air. So fast to the point where I jumbled a couple of words," Kappell said. "If you watch me regularly you know that I tend to contain a lot of information in my weathercast, which forces me to speak fast and unfortunately I spoke a little too fast when I was referencing Dr. Following criticism of his use of the racial slur, Kappell said it wasn't intentional and he simply misspoke. New York meteorologist Jeremy Kappell was fired after saying, "Martin Luther Coon … King Jr. Bernice King, criticized the firing of a meteorologist who was let go after using a racial slur on air because it could have been a chance for rehabilitation. ![]()
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