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Brennaman after using slur on air: 'I don't know if I'm going to be putting on this headset again.'

Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman used a homophobic slur during the first game of a Reds-Kansas City Royals doubleheader on Fox Sports Ohio Wednesday night.

He apologized on-air more than two hours after the incident and removed himself from the broadcast.

A video circulating on social media, from the MLB.TV broadcast, caught the hot mic clip of Brennaman using the homophobic slur.

On the MLB.TV broadcast, Brennaman can be heard in what appears to be the tail end of a sentence: "the f** capitals of the world."

Seconds later, Brennaman continues with "Reds live, the pregame show.