On February 23 , 2015 , Capel made headlines for using the term " jigaboo " in reference to Lady Gaga 's performance at the 87th Academy Awards . Lady Gaga performed a tribute to Julie Andrews and '' The Sound of Music '' , with a medley of songs from the film . Of Lady Gaga 's performance , Capel remarked , " Lady Gaga surprising a lot of people last night with this tribute to Sound of Music , " and added that actress Julie Andrews called it " wonderful . " Capel went on to say " It 's hard to really hear her voice with all the jigaboo music — whatever you want to call it — jigaboo . " " She has a gorgeous voice . I never knew . " After the nature of the term as a racial slur was noted online , Capel apologized . She claimed ignorance of the word , later tweeting , " I apologize if I offended you , I had no idea it was a word or what it meant . Thank you for watching . " Fox 8 news director Andy Fishman responded to the controversy saying , " Kristi apologized on the air shortly after making the remark . She did not know what the word meant but that is no excuse for using it , " Fishman also said , " We have spoken with her and are confident nothing like this will happen again . "
87th Academy Awards
87th Academy Awards
Kristi Capel