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DENVER – “I am very uncomfortable with a Japanese driver winning the Indianapolis 500 during Memorial Day weekend.”

That’s the message Denver Post sportswriter Terry Frei tweeted Sunday. Now, attempting to recover from public backlash, Frei says he “fouled up” by posting the message.

The Denver Post apologized as well, saying on Twitter that Frei’s words do “not reflect the standards and values of our organization.”

Late Monday morning, the Post sent a statement to 9NEWS, which said Terry Frei was no longer with The Denver Post.

The newspaper’s statement read in its entirety:

“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 tweet doesn’t represent what we believe nor what we stand for. We hope you will accept our profound apologies.”

The Post would not elaborate on whether Frei was fired or quit.

“I should have known better and I regret it,” Frei said of his now-deleted tweet in a lengthier post apologizing to the Denver Post and to Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato. “I made a stupid reference, during an emotional weekend, to one of the nations that we fought in World War II.”

 

READ MORE: WKYC.com

Article Courtesy of WKYC Channel 3 News Cleveland

Picture Courtesy of Dominik Pabis and Getty Images

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