Univision host fired for comparing Michelle Obama to a Planet of Apes character

Los Angeles - The United States' largest Spanish-language television channel has fired a key presenter who said First Lady Michelle Obama looked like a cast member from Planet of the Apes, Univision said on Thursday.

Venezuelan host Rodner Figueroa made the comment on Wednesday during the evening El Gordo y La Flaca program, as moderators discussed a make-up artist who had transformed himself into a variety of female celebrity figures, including Obama.