Ebro is catching all the flak in good faith after folks unearthed an old interview of him, he co-host Peter Rosenberg, and Tinashe back in 2013, in which he dismissed African names as “ghetto.”
From the clip, Tinashe who was 20-year-old at that time told him that her last name was her last name, Kachingwe, and the radio host went to speak about the colour of her skin.
In the clip, Ebro asks if they can “point out how light-skinned she is with a ghetto-ass name.” Rosenberg then tells him the name isn’t “ghetto,” to which Ebro says “sometimes these ghetto names are actually African.”
As Tinashe tries to shut things down, Ebro calls her “young yellow.”
Ebro has now apologised for this. “Yea this was a terrible joke, we were using the name skit for people to learn her origins,” Ebro wrote while quote-tweeting the clip. “Love Tinashe that’s my homey still.”
He went on to take accountability while noting that “explaining jokes that are offensive is a waste” and predicting that with “the many sexual and racial jokes I’ve made throughout the years, more venom I’m sure is coming.”
See his responses:
Yea this was a terrible joke, we were using the name skit for people to learn her origins… love Tinashe thats my homey still https://t.co/cSWKrAtLo4
— Ebro (@oldmanebro) November 26, 2021
Yea I was being dumb on purpose… stupid https://t.co/pfmDWUA5u3
— Ebro (@oldmanebro) November 27, 2021
Just standing in flames being honest… keep cooking fam https://t.co/zKxih57T8y
— Ebro (@oldmanebro) November 27, 2021
Complete L, but I play dumb in many interviews so I can be the “heel”, Im taking the flames now. People should be mad at me, especially those that don’t know me.
I have apologized.
Feel free to keep cooking me, makes sense. https://t.co/8LdDZHTpIM
— Ebro (@oldmanebro) November 27, 2021
Nah. Let them get theirs off…. They are right. https://t.co/FefNxsnnob
— Ebro (@oldmanebro) November 27, 2021
The many sexual and racial jokes I’ve made throughout the years, more venom I’m sure is coming.
I’ve also joked about the days coming where old shit I have said and done with be used to refry me like beans.. https://t.co/Ra8YJ7Gy7D
— Ebro (@oldmanebro) November 27, 2021
It’s dangerous and you will be fried by people that don’t want it joked about and they are essential to the balance in my opinion. https://t.co/kslYcvYS6o
— Ebro (@oldmanebro) November 27, 2021
That was the point at the time, but explaining jokes that are offensive is a waste https://t.co/WJQ3zRis98
— Ebro (@oldmanebro) November 27, 2021