Herman Chanampa, now a former reporter for DirecTV, came out against the “funas” against him for the sexist phrase he said during the Women’s Championship duel.
Herman Chanampanow a former reporter for DirecTV Sports, was discharged after being fired from the television network for a sexist phrase during the broadcast of the Women’s Championship.
In the midst of a duel between Santiago Morning and Universidad de Chile, the communicator asked his colleague “What is your specialty, Romina? The kitchen?”.
The untimely expression earned her criticism from the National Association of Women’s Soccer Players (ANJUFF) and even from the Minister of Women and Gender Equity, Antonia Orellana. In addition, it meant her dismissal from DirecTV.
Days after the controversy, Chanampa gave his version and his releases in the program Síganme Los Buenos de Julio César Rodríguez.
There, the rapporteur assured that “today I try to be well, but my last five or six days have really been a pity, a sadness, an injustice, a family pain.”
“25, 30 years of career. You are ascending and, from one moment to the next, as a result of the interpretation of a story, of a word, of a situation that we are experiencing socially that divides us, they accuse me, expose me and the court of social networks prosecutes me, “he added. the communicator.
Later, Herman Chanampa insisted that “I understood the cancellation culture, what a funa was and, I reiterate, to whoever felt offended or offended, I apologize. But I did not commit a crime, I made a mistake, I was wrong in a concept “.
The former DirecTV rapporteur explained that he received phrases such as “what a misplaced”, “what a macho man” and “sexist”. “I was accused and it was not contextualized. And I understand, if it makes you uncomfortable, I apologize, but I felt little less than I had committed a criminal act, “he defended himself.
To close, Chanampa maintained that “We have to have certain memories from the point of view of great care, because today everything is being misused, everything is being misrepresented. I love, I want, I protect, I love women’s football. I narrate it as if it were the Champions League final and this absolutely touched me”.