(CelebNMusic247 – News) Steve Martin Apologizes For Racist Tweet:
The 68-year-old comic apologized after being labeled a racist after an attempted joke on Twitter went wrong.
Martin, who uses the social media site to engage in witty back and forth with fans, received a setup line from one of his 4.5 million followers:
“Is this how you spell lasonia?”
The “Father of the Bride” star’s answer?
“It depends. Are you in an African-American neighborhood or at an Italian restaurant?,” Martin tweeted.
Martin deleted the Tweet shortly afterwards — but not before retweets and screen grabs circulated all over the Internet.
To his credit, the Honorary Academy Award winner did face the wrath of his angry fans.
“I did apologize,” he tweeted back to a follower who accused him of “acting like that Tweet didn’t exist.
Martin Tweeted his apology and then pointed out that TMZ was behind the misinterpreted joke which was dubbed racist.
I did apologize. But again, a second later I realized what an offensive thing I’d done. Deep bow. @JustCindeh
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) December 21, 2013
.@ImNotHereAreYou My tweet was highly inappropriate. Sadly, there is a misquoted version around with the implications you write about.
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) December 22, 2013
On December 22nd Steve once again CALL OUT TMZ (the site that twisted his Tweet) was the site behind the misquoted joke.
He states:
The misquoted version is on TMZ.
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) December 22, 2013
TMZ has now corrected their error.
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) December 22, 2013
A nice apology is on Twitchy about the misquote on Salon and TMZ:If we misinterpreted his joke (and we think we probably did), we apologize.
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) December 22, 2013
