A celebrity chef has caused outrage after making a racist gesture towards South Korean players while watching their World Cup win over Germany.

James Tahhan, who was appearing on the Un Nuevo Dia morning show, on Telemundo, mocked Asian people by pulling his eyes back.

He was celebrating Mexico making it to the next round of the competition after the Germans, who were in the same group, were knocked out following their 2-0 defeat yesterday.

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The incident was made worst when a woman next to him appeared to mimic his racist gesture.

But his actions soured what should have been a happy moment and he was rightly criticised by people who saw the clip.

These people were all unhappy and were not wrong

@UnNuevoDia @Telemundo Can you please fire James Tahhan and your other racists hosts this morning? Disgusting behavior at the expense of the Korean people. #racistas #racist #JamesTahhan — Roberto Carlos (@rljl19) June 28, 2018

James Tahhan is a joke. Squinty eyes? That's your best Asian joke — Spirit Fingers (@mchammerspants) June 28, 2018

They are not all Mexicans in that show, its mixed with lots of latin Americans and the guy that is doing the racist gesture name is James tahhan a Venezuelan ?? — Galileo ?? (@GalileoNaranjo) June 28, 2018

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This kind of behaviour is not on (Picture: @JimmyJam99/Twitter)

Mr Tahhan, who is from Venezuela, has now apologised for making the racist gesture.

He said in a statement: ‘During the celebration for Mexico’s qualification, I made a mistake and made an inappropriate and insensitive gesture towards the Asian community.

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‘It was a lack of sensitivity on my part. I admit that I did something wrong and wanted to apologize to anyone who was offended by it.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted Telemundo for a comment.