Not to beat about the bush here, but I am told that he used the word "Nigger" at a late night drunken bash, singing along to a song that contained that word (that has been subsequently changed) EIGHT years ago....

For Christ's sake!!!!

Short story...A customer of mine (whilst I had a pub) went to South Africa, married a Lady, and brought her back to the UK

She was highly amused that we couldn't use that word, yet she, and her friends used it freely, in two contexts:

a) someone that was idle or lazy

b) a dear friend..

So she freely admitted that, if she came up to my bar, and I greeted her with "Hey, Nigger, how are you tonight, what can I get for you?" She would be highly pleased......

Go figure....