So Sorry: 10 Apologies for Racially Charged Statements

A look at individuals whose words came back to haunt them.

Anchor in Hot Water for Using 'Jigaboo' Slur Apologizes - Morning news anchor Kristi Capel learned the hard way that jigaboo is not an appropriate word to use. "I deeply regret my insensitive comment. I didn't know the meaning and would never intentionally use hurtful language. I sincerely apologize," she wrote.(Photo: FOX News)
Randy Weber Apologizes for Obama Tweet - Republican Rep. Randy Weber was in hot water in January for tweeting, "Adolph Hitler thought it more important than Obama to get to Paris. (For all the wrong reasons.) Obama couldn't do it for right reasons." He later apologized. "It was not my intention to trivialize the Holocaust nor to compare the president to Adolf Hitler," he wrote in a statement.    (Photo: Rep. Randy Weber via Twitter)
Mo'ne Davis Forgives College Baseball Player for Offensive Tweet - In a classy gesture, Mo'ne Davis has forgiven the college baseball player who sent an offensive tweet about her and is even asking for his reinstatement to Bloomsburg University's baseball team. This high-road approach comes after Bloomsburg sophomore first baseman Joey Casselberry tweeted, "Disney is making a movie about Mo'ne Davis? WHAT A JOKE. That s**t got rocked by Nevada."(Photo: Brian Garfinkel/Getty Images)
Actor Apologizes for Racist Comments on Celebrity Big Brother - Ken Morley, an actor who was on this past season of Celebrity Big Brother, apologized in January for using the word "negro" on the show, BBC reports. "It was banter in an odd situation, but I understand entirely I've upset a lot of people from everywhere in the world. I am not a racist. Never have been," he said.  (Photos from Left: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images, Ian Gavan/Getty Images)Host Asks for Forgiveness for Comparing Michelle Obama to Planet of the Apes  - Rodner Figueroa wrote a letter asking that people not deem him as a racist after he said that Michelle Obama "looks like she's part of the cast of Planet of the Apes" during a segment of El Gordo y La Flaca on Univison. Figueroa was fired for his initial comments. "I want to make it clear that I'm not racist and my comment wasn't directed personally to you, but to the characterization of the artist, that left a lot to be desired," he said, according to Latina.com.  (Photos from Left: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for LARAS, Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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Mo'ne Davis Forgives College Baseball Player for Offensive Tweet - In a classy gesture, Mo'ne Davis has forgiven the college baseball player who sent an offensive tweet about her and is even asking for his reinstatement to Bloomsburg University's baseball team. This high-road approach comes after Bloomsburg sophomore first baseman Joey Casselberry tweeted, "Disney is making a movie about Mo'ne Davis? WHAT A JOKE. That s**t got rocked by Nevada."(Photo: Brian Garfinkel/Getty Images)

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