Univision host fired for comparing Michelle Obama to 'Planet of the Apes'

Univision host and presenter Rodner Figueroa was fired on Thursday for racist remarks he made on air about First Lady Michelle Obama.

While filming Wednesday's episode of El Gordo y la Flaca, a Spanish entertainment news program, Figueroa likened the First Lady to a character from Planet of the Apes

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The comments were made while discussing Paolo Ballesteros, a Filipino actor who famously uses makeup and wigs to style himself like famous celebrities. Figueroa was commenting on a photo of Ballesteros styled in the likeness of Michelle Obama. Read more...

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