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The ex-boyfriend of Nicole Curtis - the TV personality fired from her HGTV gig after she was caught on camera using the 'N-word' - says while he's not a fan, he doesn't believe she's racist.
Ryan Sawtelle worked with Curtis on the show Rehab Addict, which was canceled Wednesday after a clip published by Radar showed Curtis saying the phrase, 'Oh, fart n*****.'
Sawtelle told TMZ that he and Curtis dated on and off throughout a 10-year span with things ending on poor terms, as he described her to the outlet as a bad person.
'As much as I dislike her - and it may be validating to see her get in trouble - she is unequivocally not a racist,' Sawtelle said. 'Nor has she ever said anything racially insensitive over the years we dated, and I have known her' a long time.
In the incident leading to her dismissal, cameras were rolling on the TV series as Curtis, 49, had been working on renovations, removing a wire from a frame, prior to .
Daily Mail has reached out to Curtis for further comment on the story.
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The ex-boyfriend of Nicole Curtis - the TV personality fired from her HGTV gig after she was caught on camera using the 'N-word' - says while he's not a fan, he doesn't believe she's racist
Sawtelle told the outlet that he had been holding the ladder Curtis had been standing on at the time she uttered the bigoted phrase.
Curtis said that she and Sawtelle 'have only communicated through attorneys for the past few years,' and that 'he has had no involvement with the show that I produced on my own dime.'
The television personality gave a shout out to her production crew on February 11
On Tuesday, Curtis expressed her gratitude to her small crew, which is made up of two cameras and her 'construction guys'.
