A Denver sportswriter is out of a job after he tweeted that he was “uncomfortable” with a Japanese driver winning the Indianapolis 500 on Memorial Day weekend.
Terry Frei’s now-former employer, the Denver Post, dropped the news in an apology Monday.
“We apologize for the disrespectful and unacceptable tweet that was sent by one of our reporters. Terry Frei is no longer an employee of The Denver Post. It’s our policy not to comment further on personnel issues,” the paper said in a statement.
“The tweet doesn’t represent what we believe nor what we stand for. We hope you will accept our profound apologies.”
Frei immediately came under fire after tweeting the missive Sunday, with other social media users labeling it “racist.”
He apologized Monday morning, saying “he should have known better” and mentioning that his father had fought the Japanese in World War II.
“I made a stupid reference, during an emotional weekend, to one of the nations that we fought in World War II – and, in this case, the specific one my father fought against,” Frei wrote.