article_snippet: Univision host Rodner Figueroa who was fired after making a racially insensitive remark about Michelle Obama now claims that the first lady's office may have played a deciding role in his dismissal.
article_snippet: But later that night, hours after Rodner Figueroa's entertainment news show El Gordo Y La Flacaa aired, a Univision executive reportedly contacted the TV presenter and informed his that the first lady's office had made a complaint about a racially insensitive remark about Michelle Obama.
article_snippet: Bold claim: Rodner Figueroa (left) claims First Lady Michelle Obama's (right) office got his fired from Univision after his compared First Lady Michelle Obama's (right) office to a character from Planet Of The Apes on live television .
article_snippet: The revelation implicating the First the first lady team in the firing, first reported by TMZ, comes after a seemingly contrite Rodner Figueroa penned an open letter to First Lady Michelle Obama apologizing for First Lady Michelle Obama outburst.
article_snippet: First Lady Michelle Obama has not publicly addressed Rodner Figueroa’s claim that First Lady Michelle Obama staff got the sacked TV host fired for mocking First Lady Michelle Obama.
article_snippet: On Thursday Rodner Figueroa issued an open letter apology to First Lady Michelle Obama.