A US TV host has made a tearful apology to her black co-host after comparing him to a gorilla in a shocking segment.
Despite calls for her to be fired, Alex Housden from Oklahoma City's KOCO-TV will keep her job after telling her co-host Jason Hackett that a gorilla at the local zoo "kinda looks like you".
The pair were presenting a story about a gorilla named Fin at the Oklahoma City Zoo and spoke over a close up shot of the ape staring into the camera.
"He's a resident at the Oklahoma City Zoo and this week the zoo's ape caretaker took over their Instagram and we are all loving that they did," Housden said.
"Now as you can see, Fin was fascinated by the camera."
