Comedic actor Jason Biggs is apologizing after deleting tweets joking about the missile attack of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, that killed 298 innocent men, women and children.
Anyone wanna buy my Malaysian Airlines frequent flier miles?
— Jason Biggs (@JasonBiggs) July 17, 2014
Biggs, who's best known for putting part of his body in a pie, currently co-stars in Orange is the New Black.
While Biggs has since deleted his originally offending tweets, there is no erasing the history of the comments. After his original tweet offering to sell his Malaysia Airlines frequent flier miles, he continued to insist it was funny, pushing back against those who argued otherwise:
The idea that I wouldnt have any empathy 4 the victims or their families because I make a joke is absolutely ridiculous. U know that, right?
— Jason Biggs (@JasonBiggs) July 17, 2014
Evidently, Biggs either came to his senses or his publicist brought to his attention that there's no humor in the murder of 298 innocent people.
He soon deleted his original, offending tweets and tweeted a four-part apology.
1). Hey all- ok, so- I am deleting my previous tweets. People were offended, and that was not my intent. Sorry to those of you that were.
2). This is obviously a horrible tragedy, and everyone-including myself- is sad and angry about it. Sending positive thoughts to the
3). victims and their families. P.S. No one is making me send these tweets- I simply understand that my comments might have come off
4). as insensitive and ill-timed. For that, I apologize.
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