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Article: Imus' Wife Steps in After CBS Fires Host
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- April 13, 2007
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NEW YORK - Don Imus' wife took over his radio fundraiser Friday after CBS fired the host for racist remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team. She described Imus' brief meeting with the team the night before and praised the women as "beautiful and courageous."
"They gave us the opportunity to listen to what they had to say and why they're hurting and how awful this is," author Deirdre Imus said as she co-hosted the fundraiser for children's charities.
"He feels awful," she said. "He asked them, 'I want to know the pain I caused, and I want to know how to fix this and change this.'"
"I have to say that these women are unbelievably courageous and beautiful women," she said.
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