Ahh, the Celebrity Apprentice. Welcome to the craziness. In one corner, raunchy shock comedian Lisa Lampanelli. In the other corner, former Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza, who is from Venezuela.
SCREEN GRAB: http://youtu.be/aw69gyvx0pc
In discussing the show and Mendoza, Lampanelli said the following about Mendoza:
"I actually would love to see [Dayana] giving birth. She’s a spic. She’s going to do it fucking soon, anyway. She’ll be knocked up before the end of the week.”
A YouTube video gives the comments in context:
Mendoza told the HuffPost the following:
"I understand that it's Lisa's job to make fun of people for a living," she said. "If poking fun at me can help her sell tickets to her shows, no problem, I am happy to help her put food on her table. However, when she uses racial slurs, she is not only targeting myself but degrading an entire Hispanic culture."
Reaction has begun to spread online, especially in Venezuela, although "retrasada" is probably not the best translation for "spic."
[…] Apprentice’ comedian Lisa Lampanelli has been getting slammed for her racial slur joke about Miss Universe Dayana […]
[…] After getting slammed by Venezuela's former Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza for hurling a racial slur joke that Mendoza said was "degrading an entire Hispanic culture," insult comedian Lisa Lampanelli, who appears in the "Celebrity Apprentice" with Mendoza, went to Twitter and defended herself. […]
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