VIDEO: Mississippi news anchor, Barbie Basset, fired for saying “Fo Shizzle My Nizzle” live on air when discussing Snoop Dogg new wine collection KossyDerrickBlog KossyDerrickEnt

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Saturday, March 25, 2023

VIDEO: Mississippi news anchor, Barbie Basset, fired for saying “Fo Shizzle My Nizzle” live on air when discussing Snoop Dogg new wine collection

Mississippi news anchor fired for saying “Fo Shizzle My Nizzle” live on air when discussing Snoop Dog new wine collection. Barbie Basset has been a news anchor at the company for over 20 years. (Read More Here).

A longtime Mississippi news anchor appears to no longer be employed with the WLBT news team after quoting a Snoop Dogg lyric deemed racially insensitive during an on air broadcast.

Barbie Bassett, a popular anchor and the station's first chief meteorologist in its 50 plus year history, hasn't been seen on the NBC-affiliate station since the March 8 incident. Her bio no longer appears on the company's website.

For a little insight on the matter, we turn now to our friends at Urban Dictionary. According to them, THIS is the definition of the aforementioned phrase,

"fo shizzle ma nizzle" is a bastardization of "fo' sheezy mah neezy" which is a bastardization of "for sure mah ni**a" which is a bastdardization of "I concur with you whole heartedly my African American brother". 

This latest recent comment comes only four months after she referred to her co-anchor, Cameron Poe's grandmother as 'grandmammy' - a term African-American slaves used for their grandmothers - Poe is black.

At the time, Basset apologized to the viewers and her co-workers for the offensive remark during the October 2022 broadcast, calling it 'insensitive and hurtful' and said she was going to participate in training to 'better understand our history and our people.'

After the firestorm, WLBT Vice President and General Manager Ted Fortenberry issued a statement on social media: 'As I am sure you can understand, WLBT is unable to comment on personnel matters.'

When DailyMail.com contacted the news station for a comment, an on-air employee declined and directed all questions to Grey Media, the news organization that owns WLTB.   

Bassett has not made a public statement on the matter since the incident.

But did issue an apology following the October on-air debacle. So the next time you get all wound up with excitement, be sure to think twice before blurting out racially charged expressions!




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