Matty Johns joins Fox Sports in apologising for racist segement, takes full responsibilityRobert Cianflone Matty Johns opened the Monday episode of the Matty Johns Show with an apology for offensive segment. Matty Johns took personal responsibility for a segment in his television show labelled racist as he apologised for offending Pacific Islanders on Monday night. The show came under fire on Saturday after Ana Tagataese, wife of Cronulla Sharks prop Sam Tagataese, criticised the Matty Johns Show for a "disrespectful" segment called 'Footy Kids in Cars' that asked children "what is the funniest name in the NRL?" "It was never the intention to disrespect anybody particularly anybody, particularly people in the Polynesian community," he said. Heat had been applied to the broadcaster after former Samoa and New Zealand international Nigel Vagana supported Tagataese's stance against the segment on Saturday.

Source: Stuff August 28, 2017 06:07 UTC