Well, the apology/interview has been removed.

It's hard for me to understand how someone could get mad enough at another person to use a racial slur. I can't see myself ever doing that, but I know many people don't have a very effective filter between their brain and their mouths. I suppose if you just want to hurt someone as badly as possible, without regard to how YOU wind up looking, you might. There'd be consequences though. I think Richards is finding that out, and I doubt that a simple apology is going to erase this from people's minds soon.