Radio Hosts Of ‘Kimberly And Beck’ FIRED After Racially Charged Comments
We recently shared the clip of the radio hosts of “Kimberly and Beck” discussing the attack of a local couple following the recent Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Rochester. Co-host Kimberly Ray referred to the n-word three times during the segment, asking if the attackers were acting “n-word-ish” and “n-word-ly.” Although Ray did not actually ya the n-word, she and (Barry) Beck went on to discuss and question why they aren’t able to use the term “n-word,” and concluded that, “No one’s offended by that.”
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The two quickly faced backlash following their Tuesday show which airs on Radio 95.1, an FM station owned by iHeartMedia. Many people took to social media to demand them to be fired and let’s just say iHeart didn’t waste any time!
Robert J. Morgan, president of the upstate New York market for iHeartMedia released a statement this Wednesday, announcing that the two radio host have been fired.
“We made the decision to terminate Kimberly and Beck yesterday as soon as we learned of their comments and informed them early this morning,” said Morgan. “We will not tolerate this kind of behavior, which is antithetical to our core values and beliefs and to our commitment to our community and everyone in it.”
Welp, it looks like the two now have a bunch of time to reflect since they have been fired.
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