In what is proving to be surprising confirmation that people still actually listen to his show, Don Imus has stirred controversy over his comments on the Rutgers women's basketball team. On his Thursday morning show, Imus referred to the Rutgers players as "nappy-headed hos."
He was talking to Sid Rosenberg about the Women's NCAA Championship game. Imus started out talking about the Rutgers team as, "some rough girls from Rutgers. They got tattoos," and then went on to call them "some nappy-headed hos." He compared them to the Tennessee team, saying "The girls from Tennessee -- they all looked cute."
The conversation then went on to compare the game to "the jigaboos versus the wannabes." According to transcripts, the show's executive producer, Bernard McGuirk, made that comment.
Imus was later quoted by the New York Times to say that people should relax and not worry about "some idiot comment meant to be amusing." A Rutgers spokesperson issued a statement saying, "We agree with Mr. Imus that this was, in his own words, an idiot comment."
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