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GRIESE-MONTOYA 'TACO' COMMENT

Posted 10/24/09 at 4:15 PM PDT by Joe Donatelli | Email This |

On Saturday during the Ohio State-Minnesota game, college football announcer Bob Griese made a lame joke about NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Juan Pablo Montoya, for which he later apologized. ABC was promoting its broadcast of the TUMS Fast Relief 500 in Martinsville while showing the top five drivers in the Sprint Cup Series standings on the screen. Broadcaster Chris Spielman asked where the Colombian-born driver Montoya was, because Montoya dropped from the top five following his awful race at Charlotte. Griese replied, "He's out having a taco."

Update: Video below.

 
 

Comedy FAIL. Geography FAIL. Sensitivity FAIL.

Update: Griese has been suspended one game for the comment.

ABC's Griese apologizes for Montoya 'taco' remark (
USA Today)
Montoya unfazed by Griese comment (Scene Daily)

8 Comments

Ornarlham (not verified)9 months ago

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Anonymous (not verified)3 years ago

so, he's Columbian, as in from South Carolina, or Colombian, as in the country Colombia?

speaking of "ignoramus".....

 
RacingDmp3 years ago

It is all in the spelling you see Col U mbia is S.C. and of course Col O mbia is South America. I did not comment on this story at first, however after seeing the video the statement was in "VERY POOR TASTE" as if it was not ment to be a "ethnic slur" that there would be no cause for an apology. So why some are laughing at this if the shoe was on the other foot and JPM was taking a jab at Americans I wonder if you would be so quick to dismiss the statement? Statement from a redneck..lol.

Anonymous (not verified)3 years ago

So he was out getting coffee?

Anonymous (not verified)3 years ago

Hilarious!

Anonymous (not verified)3 years ago

Exactly....he is Colombian....so it doesn't even apply...what's the big deal??

If he said, "he was out getting a hamburger " would we even be talking about this?

Anonymous (not verified)3 years ago

Yeah but I bet he still parks his car on the lawn.

Anonymous (not verified)3 years ago

Tacos are Mexican. Montoya is Columbian. Totally different continent. What an ignoramus!

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