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Jerry Lewis apologizes for using anti-gay slur during telethon
Lewis drops an anti-gay slur on telethon - Yahoo! NewsLewis drops an anti-gay slur on telethon
NEW YORK - Jerry Lewis dropped an anti-gay slur the same one that got Isaiah Washington of "Grey's Anatomy" in trouble during the 18th hour of his annual Labor Day telethon.
He apologized Tuesday for a "bad choice of words."
The 81-year-old showman prowling about the stage during the live telecast Monday in Las Vegas was goofing around and dodging his cameraman, then went into a ramble about imaginary family members.
"Oh, your family has come to see you," he said, speaking to the camera and gesturing toward thin air.
"You remember Bart, your older son," he said, and motioning toward another unseen character, "Jesse, the illiterate f-----.
"No," Lewis said, quickly stopping himself before continuing.
Monday's monologue prompted a critical statement Tuesday from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
Neil Giuliano, GLAAD president, called Lewis' use of the term "simply unacceptable."
"It also feeds a climate of hatred and intolerance that contributes to putting our community in harm's way," Giuliano said.
In a statement Tuesday, Lewis said he was making "a joking comment to a member of my production team."
"I apologize to anyone who was offended," he went on. "Everyone who knows me understands that I hold no prejudices in this regard. In the family atmosphere of the telethon, I forget that not everyone knows me that well.
"That something like this would distract from the true purpose of the telethon pains me deeply. ... I accept responsibility for what I said. There are no excuses," he said.
Lewis' telethon, in its 42nd year, set a new record by raising $63.7 million to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association, topping last year's event by $3 million.
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Where's Whoopi?? Defending him because he's old and that's just how things were back in his day.
^^Hehe.
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Hey I will pick up for Whoopi here(and I am queer too!). So the guy is old and feeble and probably half senile-have you seen or heard him lately?Originally Posted by KrisNine
Where's Whoopi?? Defending him because he's old and that's just how things were back in his day.Although I agree with Neil Giuliano(Damn! he is hot and I would love to do him ) that it was unacceptable, I will give him(Lewis) a pass this one first time(he did apologize) and let it go as long as he behaves himself and does not go on another random racist/homophobic/sexist toot.
Recently he said Merv Griffin deserved to die cause he didn't treat his cancer. I'm thinking maybe old Jerry is getting senile, he just says anything that comes into his head now.
And yet, despite his senility, he still manages to deliver a more appropriate and sincere-sounding apology than, say, Isaah Washington.
I'm confused...is this the gay slur..illiterate f-----?
he's just old and under meds.
Isn't that the truth.
When your daughter plays "House," she pretends to be an annoying doctor with a pill-addiction and a limp.
Faggot? I think
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