Fox News Affiliate Anchor Refers to Lady Gaga’s Music as ‘Jigaboo Music’ in Front of Black Co-Anchor

An Ohio news anchor recently let a racist comment slip during a live telecast and right in front of her black co-anchor. Fox News Ohio’s Kristi Capel attempted to compliment Lady Gaga’s Oscar performance but ended up sounding more like a racist out of the 1940s. Suggested Reading Kendrick Lamar Called Drake a ‘Colonizer’ and…

An Ohio news anchor recently let a racist comment slip during a live telecast and right in front of her black co-anchor. Fox News Ohio’s Kristi Capel attempted to compliment Lady Gaga’s Oscar performance but ended up sounding more like a racist out of the 1940s.

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“It’s hard to hear her voice, with all that jigaboo music, or whatever you want to call it,” Capel said.

Insert an awkward look from the co-anchor wearing a Steve Harvey-collection suit.

Here are a few examples of thoughts that may have run through this co-anchor’s mind:

“Oh no, she didn’t.”

“Where do they find these people?”

“Did this heifer really say jigaboo?”

“I can’t wait for this morning to end.”

“White people. I swear.”

“I wonder if I left the iron plugged in.”

Hopefully someone explained to Capel that “jigaboo” is a racist and derogatory term. I’m quite sure Lady Gaga wouldn’t describe her music as “jigaboo music.” 

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