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Oklahoma City News Anchor Compares Her Co-host to a Gorilla
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:47 pm
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:47 pm
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In a tearful segment that aired on Oklahoma City’s KOCO-TV, morning anchor Alex Housden apologized to her co-anchor Jason Hackett after comparing him to a gorilla during a broadcast Thursday.
The racist comment occurred after the pair reported on a story about a gorilla at the Oklahoma City Zoo.
Housden ended the segment with the comment: “Kind of looks like you,” directed at Hackett.
“He kind of does, actually, yeah,” Hackett hesitantly responded.
The following day, Hackett, who is African American, accepted her apology and said he wanted to take the experience as a teachable moment to his viewers.
“The lesson here is that words matter,” he said sitting beside Housden. “We have to understand the stereotypes, we have to understand each other’s backgrounds and the words that hurt, the words that cut deep.”
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Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:47 pm to ragincajun77
Need pics of Alex and the gorilla
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:51 pm to ragincajun77
The fake crying really didnt help
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:51 pm to ragincajun77
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KOCO-TV
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gorilla
Name of news station checks out.
This post was edited on 8/28/19 at 9:59 am
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:51 pm to ragincajun77
Well, if the shoe fits...... 
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:52 pm to WPBTiger
Thanks for that....was trying to screenshot it for yall.
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:52 pm to ragincajun77
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The following day, Hackett, who is African American, accepted her apology and said he wanted to take the experience as a teachable moment to his viewers.
Another saying I loathe.
All I learned from this is Hackett is either easily butt hurt or a racist.
eta-Housden can get it.
This post was edited on 8/27/19 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:52 pm to ragincajun77
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KOCO
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:54 pm to WPBTiger
troof
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:55 pm to Cosmo
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Need pics of Alex and the gorilla
Maybe not, gorilla nuts and peen are smallest of all the primates. Maybe she had seen his peen.
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:55 pm to ragincajun77
Everything is racist
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:55 pm to ragincajun77
Attention admins:
I am not posting in this thread
I am not posting in this thread
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:55 pm to ragincajun77
We all look like gorillas one way or another, how is this racist?
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:56 pm to ragincajun77
Words don’t matter. I would trade places with him right now and anyone can call me anything they want.
But he damn sure wouldn’t trade places with me. He has it too good and is an ingrate.
But he damn sure wouldn’t trade places with me. He has it too good and is an ingrate.
This post was edited on 8/27/19 at 4:56 pm
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:57 pm to ragincajun77
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The racist comment
I’m sure her intention wasn’t that black people look like gorillas. I bet she would have made the same comment if her co-anchor were white.
This post was edited on 8/27/19 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 8/27/19 at 4:57 pm to SPEEDY
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The fake crying really didnt help
Made it so much worse.
This post was edited on 8/27/19 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 8/27/19 at 5:00 pm to SabiDojo
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I’m sure her intention wasn’t that black peoples look like gorillas. I bet she would have made the same comment if her co-anchor were white.
I agree. It's one of those segue comments that anchors say all the time jabbing one another to depict playful banter. I mean in hindsight it probably wasn't the smartest thing to say, but there was absolutely no racist intent there.
Posted on 8/27/19 at 5:03 pm to Anonymous95
It was such a stupid thing to say, that she obviously did not mean it in a racial way. They have to constantly ad lib and try to be funny in that job. I would not last 2 nights before saying something to get fired.
Posted on 8/27/19 at 5:03 pm to ragincajun77
It was a harmless quip
It is 2019.
It is a fun and jovial thing to decide what animal you look like. I have been compared to giraffes and deers
Her comparison wasn’t done out of racism, but out of amiable banter
It is 2019.
It is a fun and jovial thing to decide what animal you look like. I have been compared to giraffes and deers
Her comparison wasn’t done out of racism, but out of amiable banter
This post was edited on 8/27/19 at 5:04 pm
Posted on 8/27/19 at 5:04 pm to vistajay
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It was such a stupid thing to say, that she obviously did not mean it in a racial way. They have to constantly ad lib and try to be funny in that job. I would not last 2 nights before saying something to get fired.
Same.
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