Controversy
Following the 1994 State of the Union speech by President Bill Clinton, Hoke was being interviewed alongside Democratic Ohio Congressman Eric Fingerhut. When a female television news producer asked Fingerhut if she could ask him to unbutton his jacket, Fingerhut responded "you can ask me to do anything you want." After miking Hoke and Fingerhut, the producer walked away and Hoke remarked, in a mock Italian accent, "She's got ze beega breasts." Hoke quickly realized that he was being recorded and had made a major gaffe, saying "we're probably live". Although the cameras were not broadcasting live at that moment, the incident was taped. Local news stations in Cleveland, Ohio soon broadcast the comment all over the city. Hoke quickly apologized for the remark, stating that he deserved "a 2-by-4 to the head.".
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