WEEI/Boston Suspends Christian Fauria For Stereotypical 'Asian' Impression Of Tom Brady's Agent

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ENTERCOM Sports WEEI-F/BOSTON midday co-host CHRISTIAN FAURIA has been suspended for five days after doing a stereotypical "Asian" voice to impersonate TOM BRADY's agent DON YEE on a segment about the BOSTON HERALD's RON BORGES being fooled into reporting a false story about BRADY's contract negotiations by a WEEI caller playing a prank.

The station issued a statement late FRIDAY saying, "Earlier today during his show, CHRISTIAN FAURIA impersonated athlete agent, DON YEE in an insensitive and ill-conceived attempt at humor. We regret CHRISTIAN’s commentary and we apologize to Mr. YEE and those offended by the segment. We do not support or condone CHRISTIAN’s comments, and we have suspended him for five days effective immediately."

FAURIA, the former PATRIOTS tight end who co-hosts the 10a-2p (ET) weekday show with GLENN ORDWAY and former RED SOX infielder  LOU MERLONI, apologized to YEE on Twitter, saying, "Earlier today I made a horrible attempt at humor. In a segment during the show, I impersonated agent DON YEE in an insensitive and regrettable way. I want to publicly apologize to DON and anyone in the audience who heard it. I have also reached out to DON directly to personally apologize. I have been disciplined by WEEI management and I fully support their decision."

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