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Article: TV bounty hunter's show on hiatus after use of racial slur.(ENTERTAINMENT)("Dog the Bounty Hunter")(Brief article)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- November 19, 2007
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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 ...