article_snippet: Rodner Figueroa, left, made the racially insensitive remark on the entertainment news show
article_snippet: As a result, Rodner Figueroa was fired immediately,' read a statement on Thursday.
article_snippet: In it Rodner Figueroa claimed Rodner Figueroa comments were taken out of context and that as a member of a 'bi-racial Latin family' Rodner Figueroa isn't a racist, reports Latin Times. '
highlights_snippet: Rodner Figueroa made the racially insensitive remark on the entertainment news show El Gordo Y La Flaca on Wednesday .
  
highlights_snippet: By late Wednesday evening the network had removed Rodner Figueroa photo from the network website and on Thursday the network confirmed that Rodner Figueroa had been fired .
  
highlights_snippet: Rodner Figueroa has issued an apology in which Rodner Figueroa denies being a racist and states that Rodner Figueroa father is Afro-Latino .
  