An American broadcaster compares his black colleague to the gorilla and apologizes

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A US TV presenter apologized live after comparing his black colleague to a gorilla, NBC News reported on Tuesday.

Last Thursday, Alex Hosden of Coco 5 in Oklahoma City made an inappropriate comment during a video showing a small gorilla in a local zoo, posted by his manager on Instagram.

When the little gorilla appeared, Hudson turned his black TV colleague Jason Hackett's white and said that the monkey "looked a bit like you," according to NBC.

The next day, Housden apologized to Hackett: "Yesterday I said something inappropriate and unintentional and I caused harm to people. I apologize with all my heart for what I said. "I know I made a mistake."

Hackett accepted his apology, but admitted that it hurt.

The incident comes amid growing racial tensions in the United States as a result of a series of statements by Republican President Donald Trump.

In July, Trump said four non-white Democrat lawmakers should "return" to their original place and later named the city of Baltimore, a predominantly black city, a "dangerous and dirty place".