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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The chief executive of Tennessee’s hospitality association is apologizing for sending an e-mail to a group of public figures that compared first lady Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee.
The Tennessean of Nashville reports that Tennessee Hospitality Association CEO Walt Baker’s e-mail compared the first lady to Tarzan sidekick Cheeta. At the bottom of the e-mail was a photo of Obama, caught in an awkward moment with her lips pursed, and one of a chimpanzee wearing a similar expression.
Baker apologized in an e-mail to Nashville Metro Council members Saturday, saying the message was not intended to be malicious but meant as “political humor.”
