By Bob Walsh
HGTV fired Nicole Curtis after she used the n-word in an uncovered video.
Nicole Curtis used to have a
very popular show called REHAB ADDICT on the HGTV network. She did home
rehabilitations. As of a few days ago she is now radioactive and her
gig was cancelled and her show was pulled from the network.
She
had torn into the overhead of a house and found a real mess of wiring.
She described it as being "nigger-rigged." I had never heard the
expression before. She immediately realized what she had said and
directed the camera man to delete it. It didn't get deleted and in fact
surfaced recently. She is now unemployed and cancelled.
I
saw the clip just yesterday on a national show. My own opinion, for
what that might be worth to you, is that she is not any more racist than
any other White lady of her age group and she was making what she
thought was a comment about the bozo who did the work rather than Black
folks in general. It doesn't matter. Some errors at not recoverable.
You have to be careful what you say and maybe get a camera man who will scrub a tape when you tell him to.
She
seems to have been very apologetic. She may be able to rehab herself
down the line. I hope so. I am unsure you should lose a gig you really
like and seem to be good at over one brain fart, even if it does have a
rather unpleasant undertone.
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