Article: TV bounty hunter's show on hiatus after use of racial slur.(ENTERTAINMENT)("Dog the Bounty Hunter")(Brief article)

Bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman's hit TV show has been suspended and he has apologized for using a racial slur in a profanity-laced tirade during a private phone conversation with his son that was recorded and posted online, the Associated Press reported.

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Chapman, 54, star of A&E's reality series "Dog the Bounty Hunter," issued a statement apologizing for the comments after The National Enquirer posted a clip of the conversation in which he uses the n-word in reference to his son's girlfriend.

"We take this matter very seriously," A&E spokesman Michael Feeney said. "Pending an investigation, we have suspended production ...

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