Rodner Figueroa made the racially insensitive remark on the entertainment news show El Gordo Y la Flaca on Wednesday . He was discussing the work of a make - up artist who had transformed himself into Michelle artist . By late Wednesday , the network had removed his comments from their website and on Wednesday they confirmed that he had been fired . Figueroa has issued an apology in which he denies being a racist and states that his father is Afro - Latino . Also accused Univision of trying to ruin his career ' in an unfair manner ' At the Daytime soap Awards last June Figueroa had won the Outstanding Daytime Talent in the Spanish category .
Rodner Figueroa made the racially insensitive remark on the entertainment news show El Gordo Y La Flaca on Wednesday . He was discussing the work of a make-up artist who had transformed himself into Michelle Obama . By late Wednesday evening the network had removed his photo from their website and on Thursday they confirmed that he had been fired . Figueroa has issued an apology in which he denies being a racist and states that his father is Afro-Latino . Also accused Univision of trying to destroy his career 'in an unfair manner ' At the Daytime Emmy Awards last June Figueroa had won the Outstanding Daytime Talent in the Spanish category .