Fired HGTV Host Nicole Curtis Gets Eviscerated During ‘The Breakfast Club’ Interview

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Perhaps Nicole Curtis should have hired a crisis PR team. Curtis, the HGTV host who was fired after video of her saying “fart n***er” while filming Rehab Addict leaked, joined Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club on Tuesday to explain herself. It … didn’t go well. “What is a ‘fart n***er?'” host Charlamagne tha God asked at the top of the in-person interview. A fair question. “I have no idea. I have no idea,” Curtis said. “That isn’t anything that I ever said before, so I don’t have any idea.” Related Stories TV 'Rehab Addict' Canceled by HGTV After Host Nicole Curtis Uses Racial Slur During Filming Movies Molly Ringwald Says John Hughes' "Didn't Want" His Films to Be Remade “That is a word that I do not condone,” Curtis said. Curtis said she never heard the phrase “fart n***er” before it came out of her own mouth. Her explanation seems to be that she accidentally conflated “fart knocker” and “fart digger” into one. It is true that Curtis uses the nonsense phrase “fart knocker” on her show, I’ve heard it, though I can’t specifically recall her saying “fart digger.” Not that I’ve seen every episode of every show Curtis has done. Curtis further stated that she often uses nonsense “fart” phrases due to her being a boy mom and the fact that she cannot swear on the show. She blamed the conflation of “fart knocker” and “fart digger” on her frantic paces of working and speaking. For the most part, the radio personalities didn’t buy what Curtis was selling — especially Charlamagne (real name Lenard Larry McKelvey), who had assigned her “Donkey of the Day” status weeks ago when footage of Curtis using the racial slur first leaked. Curtis says after her crew informed her of the designation, she reached out to the radio show to have a conversation about t...