Jason Biggs apologized for making a Malaysia Airlines joke on Twitter yesterday.
The actor initially defended his comments saying that people were being too sensitive. But now Biggs is singing a different tune.
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.
— Jason Biggs (@JasonBiggs) July 17, 2014
2). This is obviously a horrible tragedy, and everyone-including myself- is sad and angry about it. Sending positive thoughts to the
— Jason Biggs (@JasonBiggs) July 17, 2014
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
— Jason Biggs (@JasonBiggs) July 17, 2014
4). as insensitive and ill-timed. For that, I apologize.
— Jason Biggs (@JasonBiggs) July 17, 2014
Shortly after flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, Biggs took to Twitter to write: “Anyone wanna buy my Malaysian Airlines frequent flier miles?”
The actor was quickly called out by Twitter for being insensitive. Biggs was reluctant to apologize at first. He said repeatedly that the incident was a tragedy but insisted that his joke was not in bad taste. But after taking a few hours to reflect he changed his mind about the joke and apologized.
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