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| Bubba Clem |
Tampa shock personality Bubba the Love Sponge Clem has denied that
an audio clip on YouTube featuring him using the n-word is an accurate portrayal,
insisting that an anonymous enemy has stolen sound clips and edited them to
make him look racist.
According to The Tampa Bay Times, the audio appeared Saturday, with Clem voicing a profane
version of an advertisement for Vermont Teddy Bears. During the advertisement,
which lists different types of toys a man could give to his girlfriend, he
touts a "jungle fever bear" to be given when a woman has sex with
"n------."
Moments later, he references a "n-----" having
rough sex with a woman "Kunta Kinte style." Critics of Clem have
circulated links to the audio, which plays over a blank screen, on Twitter and
social media outlets for days, saying the audio is proof that the shock jock is
racist.
Clem denied the allegation, insisting he never said the
words as they appear in the audio, pointing out spots he believed were edited
together.
The shock jock theorized "someone who had access to my
world" cobbled together the audio from snippets recorded when Clem worked
for Clear Channel-owned WXTB-FM 98 Rock. He was fired by Clear Channel
in 2004; his morning show now airs weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Cox
Radio's WHPT-FM 102.5, The Bone.
"I'm not a racist, period," said Clem. "I never
said the word in that manner, ever."
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