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Cincinatti Reds Announcer Thom Brennaman Apologizes For Using Homophobic Slur On The Air

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Thom Brennaman, longtime announcer for the Cincinatti Reds, has been suspended after a hot mic caught him using a homophobic slur that wound up being broadcast to viewers.

When he realized what had happened, the visibly shaken announcer offered an on-air apology, declaring, “I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith,” he began, a statement that had little bearing on what he said.

Making the apology even stranger, midway through Reds slugger Nick Castellano hit a home run, which Brennaman clumsily tried to work into his mea culpa.

Brennaman offered an even more detailed apology in an op-ed published in the Cincinatti Enquirer, stating he was “ashamed” for saying “something no one should ever say.” Continuing, Brennaman then made

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