{"id":86330,"date":"2023-03-23T03:25:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T03:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/23\/weei-radios-chris-curtis-hurls-apparent-slur-at-mina-kimes-on-air\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T03:25:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T03:25:14","slug":"weei-radios-chris-curtis-hurls-obvious-slur-at-mina-kimes-on-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/23\/weei-radios-chris-curtis-hurls-obvious-slur-at-mina-kimes-on-air\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEI radio\u2019s Chris Curtis hurls obvious slur at Mina Kimes on air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 fuSEnv align--bleed js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"b54b2c3da6d280ff0284a0217cde5564\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/b54b2c3da6d280ff0284a0217cde5564\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1258\" data-height=\"773\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 fDJNBs has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:1258px\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"getty\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 knmQPh js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:61.4%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 cPhAPD\"><picture class=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 37.31em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,q_60,w_645\/b54b2c3da6d280ff0284a0217cde5564.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 37.37em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,q_60,w_965\/b54b2c3da6d280ff0284a0217cde5564.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Yikes.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,q_60,w_645\/b54b2c3da6d280ff0284a0217cde5564.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 iGWqcL caption\">Yikes.<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 jcXfZH has-caption\">Photo<!-- -->: <!-- -->Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"b54b2c3da6d280ff0284a0217cde5564\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/b54b2c3da6d280ff0284a0217cde5564\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1258\" data-height=\"773\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-r43lxo-1 cwnrYD\">\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Radio is a tricky gig. There are hours price of segments to fill, and on sluggish information days, a lot of time for extemporaneously blabbering about nothing \u2014 and that\u2019s when issues can go off the rails. That\u2019s precisely what occurred with WEEI Radio\u2019s <em>The Greg Hill Show<\/em> on Wednesday. During a phase on their \u201ctop five nips\u201d, the hosts had been discussing a number of forms of onerous liquor. The matter was seemingly flowing easily till producer Chris Curtis got here in off the highest rope and interjected by saying, \u201cI\u2019d probably go Mina Kimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"twitter-embed\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=twitter-1638539039593705472&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"twitter-1638539039593705472\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Not solely was it hold-your-nose comedy, as a result of it stank so badly that no one laughed at it, however his weak try at humor was additionally an ethnic slur. For these unaware, \u201cNip\u201d is a racial slur for a Japanese particular person, whereas Mina Kimes is of Korean descent. It takes some deep funding into Asian slurs to have that one sitting in your psychological financial institution, and even worse judgment to check it out on air. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">In an try to mitigate the blowback, Curtis pinned his derogatory joke on a mix-up. WEEI company advised the <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 hxZXQQ js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlobeChadFinn\/status\/1638620133051760640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1638620133051760640%7Ctwgr%5Ee8b3695ec3eca5bde31fe9eb7be63a4cf3cbabd7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebiglead.com%2Fposts%2Fboston-radio-mina-kimes-racist-joke-mila-kunis-chris-curtis-weei-01gw5ckwm274&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlobeChadFinn\/status\/1638620133051760640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1638620133051760640%7Ctwgr%5Ee8b3695ec3eca5bde31fe9eb7be63a4cf3cbabd7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebiglead.com%2Fposts%2Fboston-radio-mina-kimes-racist-joke-mila-kunis-chris-curtis-weei-01gw5ckwm274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Globe\u2019s Chad Finn<\/a><\/span> that Curtis flubbed the joke by conflating \u201cMina Kimes\u201d with \u201cMila Kunis.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">It\u2019s uncommon you get an apology that makes issues worse, however Curtis really dipped his toe in feces twice. Slips of the tongue occur every now and then, however even the reason boggles the thoughts. I\u2019m nonetheless attempting to determine the that means of the joke behind the excuse WEEI and Curtis spent all morning attempting to conjure up \u2014 seemingly an ill-conceived try at wordplay on \u201cnip\u201d as in \u201cnipple\u201d? But that looks as if a stretch. It was actually silly. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">To spotlight the absurdity of Curtis\u2019 excuse, Mina Kimes modified her Twitter profile pic to a headshot of Mila Kunis. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"twitter-embed\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=twitter-1638626581768994816&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"twitter-1638626581768994816\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Mina Kimes seems to be taking this all in stride, however one thing tells me Mila Kunis goes to be confused the subsequent time she logs onto Twitter. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Yikes.Photo: Getty Images Radio is a tricky gig. There are hours price of segments to fill, and on sluggish information days, a lot of time for extemporaneously blabbering about nothing \u2014 and that\u2019s when issues can go off the rails. That\u2019s precisely what occurred with WEEI Radio\u2019s The Greg Hill Show on Wednesday. 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