Former Patriots TE and current Boston sports radio host Christian Fauria was suspended on Friday for making a racially insensitive remark about Tom Brady’s agent Don Yee.
During a segment on air, Fauria thought it would be funny to impersonate Yee using a stereotype Asian accent:
WEEI suspends Christian Fauria five days for Don Yee impression: https://t.co/ZFcDdp07tu pic.twitter.com/nMAX5syH3N
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) February 10, 2018
WEEI released this following statement:
Earlier today during his show, Christian Fauria impersonated athlete agent, Don Yee in an insensitive and ill-conceived attempt at humor. We regret Christian’s commentary and we apologize to Mr. Yee and those offended by the segment.
— WEEI (@WEEI) February 10, 2018
We do not support or condone Christian’s comments, and we have suspended him for five days effective immediately.
— WEEI (@WEEI) February 10, 2018
The station also announced that they have suspended Fauria for five days.
Fauria also took to Twitter to apologize for his “horrible attempt at humor” and supports the station’s decision to discipline him:
Earlier today I made a horrible attempt at humor. In a segment during the show, I impersonated agent Don Yee in an insensitive and regrettable way. I want to publicly apologize to Don and anyone in the audience who heard it.
— christian fauria (@christianfauria) February 10, 2018
I have also reached out to Don directly to personally apologize. I have been disciplined by WEEI management and I fully support their decision.
— christian fauria (@christianfauria) February 10, 2018
Yee is of Chinese descent but was born in Sacramento, California. He representation of athletes include Patriots QB Tom Brady and WR Julian Edelman.
The radio segment stemmed from a hoax report that surfaced on the Boston Globe that Pats QB Tom Brady was ready to hold out unless the team didn’t compensate him in the manner similar to Yee’s other agent Jimmy Garoppolo was compensated by the 49ers.
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