Chris Curtis apologizes over Mina Kimes' racial slur' after WEEI Boston radio host suspended for 'pa

A BOSTON radio producer apologized after being suspended for saying a 'racial slur' directed at ESPN's Mina Kimes.

Chris Curtis, an executive producer at the Boston sports radio station WEEI, issued the apology on air Thursday.

Curtis appeared on Thursday's "The Greg Hill Show," stating: "I attempted to bring up Mila Kunis, which was not really that funny… sophomoric and sexist. But for reasons I don't understand, I said Mina Kimes. "

"That was never the intention for me to say her name. It had nothing to do with the subject matter, and it dragged her into a controversy through no fault of her own regarding a slur and her race and that was not at all what my intention was, but it doesn't matter because of the absolute chaos my words created for someone who's just doing her job covering the NFL at ESPN."

"So I want to apologize to Mina Kimes, I want to apologize for a stupid, lame attempt at a joke, something that there's just really no other way to put it… it was dumb, and it was silly," he added.

The producer is facing backlash for the comments made on Tuesday during an episode of The Greg Hill Show.

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Hill and his co-hosts, Courtney Cox and Jermaine Wiggins, discussed the possible ban in Boston on mini alcohol bottles, apparently also known as "nips."

When going through their favorite "nip," Curtis responded, "Oh, I'd probably go Mina Kimes."

The term is viewed by many as an ethnic slur targeting Japanese people.

Kimes is a high-profile ESPN NFL analyst of Korean descent on her mother's side.

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She is a senior writer at ESPN and has been at the company since 2014.

Curtis also stated working at WEEI "is the dream of my life," noting that it was not a privilege.

Hill followed up: "I agree with you, Curtis that is not what this show is, and that is not what this radio station is."

At the moment, Kimes has not commented on Curtis' statements.

However, on Wednesday, ESPN released a statement saying, "There is no place for these type of hateful comments, which were uncalled for and extremely offensive."

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