Imus' wife sits in at fundraiser, asks hate mail to stop

NEW YORK - Don Imus' wife took over his radio fundraiser Friday after CBS fired the host for racist remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team. She described her husband's meeting with the team, praised the women as “beautiful and courageous,” and demanded that all hate mail being sent to the team stop.

“They gave us the opportunity to listen to what they had to say and why they're hurting and how awful this is,” author Deirdre Imus said as she co-hosted the fundraiser for children's charities.

“He feels awful,” she said. “He asked them, ‘I want to know the pain I caused, and I want to know how to fix this and change this.”'