ESPN NFL analyst Robert Griffin III has apologized on Twitter after using a racial slur on Monday Night Countdown last night.
While discussing the rise of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, Griffin III used a racial slur to describe those who had doubted Hurts.
“I think he proved all those jiggaboos wrong,” Griffin said. The term is a racial slur meant to disparage African-Americans. Don Imus was dismissed from his morning show role at WFAN in 2007 after the contemptuous slur — among others — about the Rutgers women’s basketball team was used on his show.
Griffin III took to Twitter to apologize for the remark, claiming he misspoke.
“(I) was trying to say “those bug-a-boos” in reference to haters and doubters,” Griffin said, before adding he understands the “historical context” of the term.
As of publication, ESPN has yet to comment publicly on the matter.
