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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0324_michelle_obama_Rodner-Figueroa_getty_2\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2015/03/24/0324-michelle-obama-rodner-figueroa-getty-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Univision&lt;/strong&gt; illegally fired a popular host and falsely painted him as a racist ... all because he was standing up for Latinos and fighting to get them unionized ... this according to the host's angry lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;As previously reported, &lt;strong&gt;Rodner Figueroa&lt;/strong&gt;, who was a host on the popular \"&lt;strong&gt;El Gordo y la Flaca&lt;/strong&gt;,\" did a segment earlier this month in which a makeup artist came on and showed pics of himself transformed into female celebs, including &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/michelle-obama/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michelle Obama&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Rodner said the Michelle pic looked like someone from the cast of \"&lt;strong&gt;Planet of the Apes&lt;/strong&gt;.\" He was fired as a result.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;In a scathing letter to Univision, obtained by TMZ, Rodner's lawyer, legal pit bull&lt;strong&gt; Marty Singer&lt;/strong&gt;, says the network cooked up a phony excuse, claiming it fired him after &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2015/03/12/univision-host-fired-rodner-figueroa-racist-comments-michelle-obama/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;receiving a formal complaint&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; from Michelle Obama's Office. Singer says it's a lie ... the White House NEVER called.&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Singer says the firing was far more sinister. He says Rodner had gone all Norma Rae, trying to unionize Univision, and this was a convenient way to get rid of him and destroy his career.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0312-michelle-obama-makeup-transformation-INSTAGRAM-01\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2015/03/12/0312-michelle-obama-makeup-transformation-instagram-4.jpg\" /&gt;Rodner, who is a gay biracial Latino, insisted he was not referring to Michelle when he made his comment ... it was about the shoddy makeup work of the guest.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Singer ends his letter with a Rosa Parks reference, \"Make no mistake, despite Univision's best efforts, Latino talent will not be forced to 'sit in the back of the bus' any longer.\"&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Singer is demanding that Univision rehire Rodner and make a public apology ... or else.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;\n\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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