Dog the N-word Hunter

Nov.01, 2007 in Celebrity Nonsense

I covered this briefly in this morning’s Hot Link Orgy, but, come on, still pretty funny. Dog the Bounty Hunter went on a tirade in a phone conversation with his son about he shouldn’t be dating the black girl he was trying to date. Hijinks ensued. And now he apologizes.

Chapman, star of A&E’s hit reality series “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” responded after The National Enquirer posted a clip of the conversation in which Chapman uses the N-word in reference to his son’s girlfriend.

In a statement, the 54-year-old Chapman said he has “utmost respect and aloha for black people who have suffered so much due to racial discrimination and acts of hatred.

“I did not mean to add yet another slap in the face to an entire race of people who have brought so many gifts to this world,” he said. “I am ashamed of myself and I pledge to do whatever I can to repair this damage I have caused.”

“I was disappointed in his choice of a friend, not due to her race, but her character,” he said. “However, I should have never used that term.”

Chapman said he is meeting with his spiritual adviser, Rev. Tim Storey, who is black, and hopes to meet with other black leaders, “so they can see who I really am and teach me the right thing to do to make things right, again.”

You have to give Dog credit. He really understands how to do all those things white people do when they get caught using a racist term. Here’s a brief rundown:

First you apologize while complimenting black people’s contributions to society.

“Thanks for beatboxing and the peanut,” he said in a statement.

Next you meet with an “important” Black figure and discuss how you can use this incident to better educate the general populace on race. You may also offer up some sort of contribution to “the cause.”

“I vow that whenever a young black child asks me to buy candy to support his basketball team on the train, I will buy that candy from him. That I do solemnly swear, Reverends Jackson and Sharpton.”

He’s not on the final step yet though, which is getting fired anyway. But on the plus side, you can always go to another network in a couple months and we’ll all just twiddle our asses (twiddling thumbs is for losers) and you can ride the wave back to the same level of indifference you had before. Yay America!