Geraldo Rivera Tells Trayvon Martin’s Parents, ‘I Am Sorry,’ Over Hoodie Comment
April 2 2012, Published 4:00 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Geraldo Rivera apologized to Trayvon Martin’s parents Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton on Geraldo at Large Sunday night after he said "the hoodie is as much responsible" in the boy’s fatal February 26 shooting at the hands of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who though the teen was up to no good.
"Please -- this is the first time I've spoken to you -- accept my condolences for your awful loss," he said, to which they thanked him.
Rivera explained his rationale behind the controversial hoodie comment he made on the March 23 broadcast of Fox & Friends.
"What I was trying to do was caution parents that allowing kids to wear hoodies or similar clothing in certain circumstances, particularly if they were minority young men, could be dangerous," Rivera explained. "But I never intended to hurt anyone’s feel