Iggy Pop in racist controversy
Yahoo! Music, Jun 26, 2007 3:00 pm PDTBritain's BBC has been forced to apologize after Iggy Pop used a racist term live on air.
During the broadcaster's coverage of the Glastonbury festival (June 23), Pop made a comment about visiting shops in north London.
In an interview after his performance, Pop launched into a long anecdote about going to Camden and visiting "Paki shops."
Hosts Jo Whiley and Mark Radcliffe made no on-air apology on Saturday night (June 23), prompting three viewer complaints.
A spokesman for the corporation said: "We would like to apologize if anyone was offended."
The presenters on the BBC Two program made no reference to the word after it had been said, reports BBC News.
For more on Iggy Pop, check out his NME.com page.
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