Former Patriot suspended from radio gig for racist impression of Brady's agent
Former New England Patriots tight end Christian Fauria has been suspended from a WEEI radio show after he conducted a racist impersonation of Tom Brady's agent, Don Yee, on Friday.
The racist impression was made during an on-air discussion about an erroneous Boston Herald column involving Yee.
"Earlier today during his show, Christian Fauria impersonated athlete agent Don Yee in an insensitive and ill-conceived attempt at humor," read a statement from WEEI. "We regret Christian's commentary and we apologize to Mr. Yee and those offended by the segment."
The station suspended Fauria for five days.
The former player offered an apology on Twitter.
Earlier today I made a horrible attempt at humor. In a segment during the show, I impersonated agent Don Yee in an insensitive and regrettable way. I want to publicly apologize to Don and anyone in the audience who heard it.
— christian fauria (@christianfauria) February 10, 2018
I have also reached out to Don directly to personally apologize. I have been disciplined by WEEI management and I fully support their decision.
— christian fauria (@christianfauria) February 10, 2018