It's saddening to hear someone refer to people as "niggers," even in jest, but in context, I don't believe it was in jest. The idea that it's okay to assert that "niggers" exist disturbs me greatly. I can't abide that, even if it wasn't directed at someone I know, and by context, it sounds as though it was. Throw in jumping bail and requesting a "call flood" (not to bureaucrats, but to a relative of hers) in response to a custody issue, and I'm having a hard time seeing why associating the show with Momma Ally is a good idea at all.
Of course, I'm going by what people have claimed, and think there seems to be good reason to believe it's all true.
Oh, and for people to find it more easily than I did, the use of the epithet is here:
http://blog.xaqfixx.com/?attachment_id=162