New York radio host fired after comparing black women’s skin to toaster settings

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A New York radio station was fired on Wednesday after comparing the toaster’s favorite settings to black women’s skin tones, including tennis star Serena Williams, actress Halle Berry and CBS anchor. Gayle KingGayby KingCNN’s Abby Phillip is expecting her first child this summer Olivia Munn applauds Biden’s response to the Atlanta shootings Prince Harry has had “unproductive” talks with Charles, William since the Oprah interview.

The host of “The Morning Bull Show”, Rob Lederman, with the 97 Rock station in Buffalo, was “quickly finished” by the Cumulus Media broadcasting company.

“Cumulus Media operates from a clearly defined set of programming principles and there is no doubt that Rob Lederman’s comments on The Morning Bull Show directly violate these principles,” the company statement said. “We quickly disbanded it and suspended the rest of the show’s talent. We apologize and deeply regret the incident.”

The suspended hosts who also participated in the conversation were Chris Klein and Rich “Bull” Gaenzler, according to local media WKBW.

The controversial broadcast involved Lederman comparing his toaster settings to the skin tones of black women in profile.

“It simply came to our notice then [our toaster settings] … to the attractiveness of the women I find attractive, so I will never go to one Serena Williams level, “Lederman said as his co-hosts laughed.” But I’m very comfortable on a Halle Berry level. I need a little more molding coming … Gayle King isn’t even on my toaster level. “

The video went viral after it was shared by ESPN reporter Marcel Louis-Jacques on Twitter.

Several organizations, including the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation and Ride for Roswell, withdrew their publicity from the station amid the consequences.

Lederman was also given up his role as host of the Buffalo Sabers and Buffalo Bandits arena.

Lederman apologized on Twitter after his dismissal, saying he was “horrified” to hear his comments.

“I want to sincerely apologize for hurting people with my stupid and ignorant comments from yesterday,” he said. “I understand 100% why people are justifiably upset. I made a mistake and it’s hard to look at myself in the mirror, but I want to admit it. I apologize from the deepest depths of who I am.”

The former host added that he contacted “NAACP, my friends from the clergy in the African-American community, as well as the mayor’s office, to ask for their guidance and teaching.”

“I apologize and commit to learning, doing better and increasing my sensitivity and understanding,” he wrote. “I want this to be the beginning of a learning process so that we, as a community, can become better.”

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown (D), who is black, was one of several elected officials who publicly condemned the exchange.

“The racist comment made on ‘The Morning Bull’ on 97 Rock is outrageous and intolerable,” Brown wrote on Twitter.

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