Canadian Radio Host Suspended Because He Said He Wanted CFL Players to Die in a Plane Crash
Molberg issued his apology on the air and again later in written form on the station’s Facebook page.
“I made a comment yesterday that had no place being on the radio, it was not thought out, it was an attempt to be funny which clearly in hindsight was ill-founded,” said Molberg on the air. “There are a lot of people angry and they have a right to be. There are a lot of people insulted and they have a right to be.
“It goes without saying that I wish no harm to members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and I shouldn’t have to say it you know but I do because I came out and said the stupid and idiotic thing that I said yesterday. We sit in here and you talk for four hours and so much stuff comes out — and again I am not defending it.”
Molberg has been suspended for the rest of the CFL playoffs and the radio station has pledged a donation to the Roughriders’ charity of choice. These comments would be enough to get Molberg in trouble already, but in 1956 a plane crash killed 4 Roughriders players.