XM Satellite Radio hosts Opie and Anthony apologized for airing a homeless man’s crude comments that he’d like to have sex with Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush and Queen Elizabeth.
The comments were made by a guest called Homeless Charlie. As each name was mentioned, he crudely said what he wanted to do to the woman.
An XM Satellite spokesman said,
We deplore the comments made on (Thursday’s) ‘Opie & Anthony Show’.
The two jocks also apologized, saying,
We take very seriously the responsibility that comes with our creative freedom and regret any offense that this segment has caused.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack shook his head in disgust but declined to comment on the insult to U.S. Secretary of State Rice, the newspaper reported. A White House spokesman declined to dignify that with a response.
Tom Taylor, editor of Inside Radio said:
XM and Sirius don’t want any regulation. But it’s come up in four congressional hearings — and at this point, the merger is such a close call any issue could become important.
The same hosts Opie and Anthony was dumped by CBS Radio in August 2002 for running a contest in which they said two listeners had sex in New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral. They were hired by XM in 2004.
