Mea Culpa
Jerry Lewis issued the following apology Tuesday evening for the homophobic slur he blurted on television this past weekend during his MDA telethon.
"During the 21-1/2-hour live broadcast of my Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association this weekend, I made a joking comment to a member of my production team. I apologize to anyone who was offended. I obviously made a bad choice of words. 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. The success of the show and all the good that will come from it shouldn't be lost because of one unfortunate word. I accept responsibility for what I said. There are no excuses. I am sorry."
Is he going to go to rehab now????
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Wow interesting…
oh it pains me
Who cares.
dumb fucker. i hate him. isnt it cliche to issue a apology statement after using some prejudice slander as thought people will pat him on the back and be "everything is ok."
you guys r making this to big of a deal i mean it wasnt that bad get over it
He's an idiot.
tisk tisk people today. Common just accept everyone for what they are, you're not able to change them so why worry about them?
And we ar surprised? He's always been loose in the lips…and with age he ain't getting better. Time to put him out to pasture!!!
what
FIRST BITCH
wateva, he shudn't get away with it, isiah didnt!
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no he's not going to rehab.
i actually believe him. it just sliipped. he had a paris hilton moment
FIRsT
Shoot, at this stage of the game just put the old cow down.
where was the ten second delay?
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first, watev he stil shud get same treatment as isiah
people need to get a life! bad choice of words but come on!
amy whinehouse !!! lol
good enough for me…forgiven. now everyone leave the old man alone.
Gosh, no one can say anything anymore in this country!
First Biatch
First Biatch
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he didnt do anything wrong. someone needs to stand up and say "gays are perverts. homosexuality is caused by abuse, just like cancer is caused by smoking." there is no such thing as homosexual "sex", that can only occur between a man and woman. when gays dod what they do all they are doing is trying to inflict the abuse on another person that was inflicted on them. it really should be called "gay consensual abuse"
perez, please stop posting vids of yourself. they gross me out.
Be nice! He does a lot of good. Go chase some real aholes…Paris…Brittney:ding dang!
He took full responsibility for his actions with no excuses. That's a refreshing way to handle a bad situation. Thank you Jerry!
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He gave a very nice apology. Get over it people and move on. Save your negative energy for someone more deserving, like other hateful people like yourselves.
what is more obscene, jerry lewis or the practicing homosexual? case closed now lets move on
so its land of the free….. as long as you PC
So you can call out people for being gay but this old guy makes a fag joke and you all whine.
Glad to know I live among a nation of pussys….and fags
Perez you have a lot of self loathing going on if you let an 80 year old comedian who said fag get to you. Maybe that's the reason why lower yourself to playing the stereotypical over-the-top clown queen to gain acceptance. You're like a modern day gay mistral show. The way you carry yourself and act sets the gay movement back.
If you don't like slurs against your sexual preference, please don't make slurs against people's children, ageism remarks, mental issues, or other gay people. Walk the walk dude. Otherwise you look like a buffoon.
"Larry King Live" appears to be pre-rehab (or pre-death) for all the "stars." He must be booked solid for the next ten years. He'll be his own guest in about two. . . .
Perez he is an old school entertainer. Get over it. He will be long remembered as you fade…. Get over the fag thing and move on. This site is getting annoying. You fell off.
When is he going to apologize for being about as funny as back acne????
whatever. at least he apologized and took responsibility.
Hey Paca, c'mon over to my igloo and let me lay my recently flayed whale on your smegma-laden face. Just an idea, given that you obviously have no life. Re: paca –
God Bless Jerry Lewis, the man is over 80 years old, has helped so many children, and was joking around with someone he works with. He has now given a heartfelt apology, leave him alone.
Well, if you made a donation on your credit card, now might be a good time to reverse the charges…in fact Perez you should lead the charge for people to "charge back" their donations. An apology can only go so far, people need to see the $$$ fly away in order to understand their actions.
He appologized, let him be. Who cares…we all know when we are alone with friends we call eachother some offensive words about your sexual orientation. It's up to you if you can take it. If someone is calling it to be Mean then yeah they shoudn't say it but he said it joking around. I accept his apology!!!
Like I said before….someones not too PC.
that guy has run that telethon since 1966, he's probably helped countless thousands of people. Big deal, he slipped up and appologized. leave him alone
Re: paca – um i was never abused you dumb cunt so what the fuck are you talking about?? and how the hell does homosexual sex only occur between a man and a woman?? why don't you bend over and i'll inflict some abuse on your punk ass you fuckin twat
Its funny to me that you can write scathing commentary about other people but are so self righteous.
Who cares? Get over it, people.
What happened to freedom of speech.
Shit, everyone tolerates the most fucked up shit these days but as soon as someone makes a small comment like this, people flip the fuck out.
STFU.
Start concerning yourself over more important things.
does perez actually care about the disrespectful word uttered?
because it's hard to tell when the pic says 'idiot' on it
if it's wrong for someone else to say something insulting, it should be wrong for us, too
Do you mean pussies?
How did the first fag become gay? Who abused him?
Re: sj – Yeah let's take the money away from this organization because you got BUTT hurt. Don't be such a puss! Don't punish the ones who need this money!!!
who cares, i say worse things every day. i'm so sick of this pc world. free country, say what you want, dont apologize for it.
seriously…who cares, leave his old crotchety ass alone!
Perez, you hateful bastard. You scream your head off to get Issiah fired, but when Jerry does it, you excuse it for old age and sweep it aside. Are you or any of your activist friends going to boycott his marathons? No…didn't think so.
so what should he call him?…fudge packer? stool pusher?….jesus ppl, get over it for christ sakes….you can't say anything anymore!!!! if you don't like it, turn the fucking channel you fucking morons! quit making a federal case out of every fucking word that is spoken!!!
homophobes are stupid and are most likely to be closet cases.
i'm glad he apologized, but it still bothers me. and everyone that says to get over it obviously don't understand how it feels to hear that word in a negative way. or you're so desensitized that you don't feel anything for people that are hurt by words. on the other hand, perez, you shouldn't make such a big deal out of it when you call people gay and girl when they haven't even come out of the closet yet (not to mention your continued use of slut, ho and bitch). it's sort of hypocritical.
I can't believe that not only he's still alive but still on TV!!!!
Btw.; old people WILL say stupit shit like that and not think anything is wrong with it! I've just recently overheard and old woman say to a young black girl that she didn't have any problems with "The Coloreds"! LOL
for all of you saying to stop making a big deal out of it. imagine if he had said "illiterate n word" or "illiterate spic"…you guys would all be bashing him. i'm not saying "fag" holds the same weight, but it's not about that. it's about using a word that applies to a underrepresented part of society in a negative way. and that's what stings. too, people, you have to remember, when people let stuff like this slip off of their tongues so easily (especially in public), it means they regularly speak like this and that is a problem.
u make way more offensive comments about people perez, if somebody has no respect for people that's you, so don't act as offended.
I DON'T NEED ONE MORE CELEBRITY TO APOLOGIZE TO ME. I JUST WANT IT TO STOP. CELEBRITIES OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD BE USED TO ALL KINDS. BEING GAY IS NOT A CHOICE…IT'S AS INGRAINED AS OUR SKIN COLOR…ACTUALLY MORE….SINCE I TAN MY BROWN ISN'T A TRUEREPRESENTATION OF MY GENETIC MAKEUP BUT MY ORIENTATION IS. I ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY BUT I DON'T ACCEPT THE APOLOGY OF GAY BASHING STRAIGHT JOCK HATERS WHO HIGH FIVE EACH OTHER WHILE THEY SIT IN THEIR SHIT STAINED UNDERWEAR SCREAMING ABOUT A MEANINGLESS GAME AND THEM SMACK EACH OTHER'S BARE ASS IN THE LOCKEROOM LATER
yes, bless jerry lewis because he has helped so many kids with all the money that he has raised. it still doesn't give him a free ticket to blurt out something hurtful. it doesn't even matter if you agree that it was bad or not. people find it offensive and we should all feel the pain of that.
Ok, so he apologized. Get over it everybody!
He is a old man
I think is stupid idea
Who Cares if Jerry Lewis made that comment. don't you have any better news than to be picking on old people. Just like when you lied about Fidel Castro being DEAD!!! You lied, you are just looking for something to write about. Always making a hurricane out of a glass of water!!
AHAHAH, who cares?! honestly, hes a fucking comedian! no one bashes them for saying it, do they?! why, cause he does something for people other than himself with his telethon, you gotta bring him down? fuck you guys! Jerry Lewis is the shit! hes blatenly said fag before! lol, who cares?! lol, GET OVER IT!! I could see if he said it with hate, but Jerry said it with jokes and love! Jerry's appology was awesome, and Im happy he gave you weak asses that needed one, one, but hes always ran off at the mouth..nothing new! lol, anyways the more you talk about it, the more his carrer get re-launched!
What about the people who are truly suffering? What about the friends and family of Smelly Ass Negroe. Apparently his flatulence is unbearable. Where is the compassion?
Jerry is a nasty, bad, naughty boy. Just like larry craig, Jerry is not gay
Apparently he also said that he would never vote for a woman for president, even if she were smarter and better qualified than a male candidate. Jerry Lewis, full of wisdom … I mean shit.
I don't understand why everyone is so okay with this. It teaches people that its ok to use such an offensive word (and it is offensive, like using the n-word, or any other slur) as long as you apologize afterward. If it slipped out he probably says it fairly frequently and I doubt he will stop saying it even if he doesn't say it on TV. People do make mistakes, but just because he didn't mean to say it on TV, doesn't mean we should pretend its ok.
All the money he's raised for sick children he doesn't need to apologize. Let's move on!
hahaha go Jerry, you old f***er!!
Re: connor –
Connor, you have a point but this is the Perez blog. He makes a living off of degrading and stereotyping people. It's hypocritical that he lashes out at Jerry Lewis. It's ok to call someone a tard, bitch, ho, etc., but it's not acceptable for an old sick fart like Lewis to make a bad joke using fag? You can't have it both ways. Or I should say, Perez, have it both ways. Jerry Lewis is an old sickly guy who probably isn't quite right anymore due to age and illness. But he's has helped thousands of people with MD.
You can't turn someone into a evil villain over one word. If that was the case looking back over our lives, we'd all be guilty of saying something hateful but that doesn't mean we have hateful hearts to a group of people because we've used a slur in the past. Most people are not that one dimensional.
How many times has Perez used the term Fagalicious?????? Why shouldn't Jerry Lewis use it? If you're going to criticize others for using terms you find offensive, fine, as long as you don't use them yourself. If you do use them, you have to concede that language is for everyone.
Let's look at the whole picture, shall we? At that point, he'd been on stage for 19 hours (let's remember he's 81 years old), and starts goofing around with people he knows well. Poor judgement? Yeah, maybe. He apologized. Believe me, if Jerry Lewis didn't mean it, he wouldn't have said it. Period. You have to understand that he doesn't give a flying fuck about getting GLAAD's forgiveness - he's lived through more civil rights fights than most young people KNOW about, let alone remember. Lewis is arrogant and sometimes an asshole, but he IS sincere, and not a racist.
He's just doing his shtick. Old school comedian stuff. No harm no foul! Come on already with all this sensitivity. We are such wimps in this culture.
Give the guy a break! He raised more than $60 million for charity. What did you do this weekend?
This fat asshole, geez, he was never big here, only in France, so what does that say about his "talent." Now he raises money for some crooked foundation that you'd have to be a major league dipshit to give money to because most of your hard-earned dollar will go to "administrative costs" or some such bullshit and if you're honest with yourself you will realize you don't give a shit about this cause except to make yourself feel better and I bet the director or whatever the hell it's called of the MDA pulls down ten, twelve million a year when the money should be going to the unfortunates. And people, the next time you get a job and have to sit through a United Way rip-off fundraising spiel and you are asked by the rep if you have any questions say "Yeah, how much do you make a month and how much does your boss make a month?" and I guarantee if the bitch doesn't shit her pants and gives you an honest answer it'll be more than you make a month. The only reason your company wants you the peon employee to give money is so they get a bigger tax break and get a bigger corporate jet when you are lucky to fly Southwest every five years.
come on Perez..why aren't you bringing out the BIG GUNS on this,he used the "F" word. Come on you were ripping into I. Washington on a daily basis..Is it okay for an older white man to use the word.
Why doesnt everyone stop being so darn sensitive. Be HardCore AMERICANS for Gods Sake. Stop being pansies and deal with what people say. Everyone needs to get over themselves.
You sir are excused, you have raised over two billion, yes $2,000,000,000 for kids. Would you like an olive in your martini sir?
This makes me want to PUKE. He raised $60 fucking million dollars and all we're hearing about is one fucking word. Hmmm let's count the dollars that the homos have raised for anything that wasnt fucking AIDS awareness…. ZERO!
I'm so sick of political correctness. PUKE
Man, it sure pays off to be a thin-skinned, whiny candy-ass these days.
Boo hoo. Jerry Lewis is probably friends with more gay people than you'll ever meet peepee. Old Hollywood just let people have privacy in their lives. You, on the other hand, have zero class. It still matters to most people.
As an outraged gay man, is there any way I can sue GLAAD for defamation? They keep making me out to be a whiny little bitch…
Actually, that is a proper apology IMO! He didn't blame the person like Idiot Washington or blame the booze or the meds (or his age). He pretty much just admitted he says shit like that…and he got carried away.
he said sorry, that should be the end of it. We have all heard or said worse. Shit, just read these comment pages!!
NASTY OLD JEW! FUCK OFF
Re: ASS STENCH – I live nest door to you ASS STENCH. We love your smell. Glade is going to produce it and sell it. They're going to call it "Perezaroma."
I am SURE Jerry needs rehab…….for a great many things.
Re: Danny – Hey Danny, there's a warrant out for your arrest: The feds say you're too narcotic for public entertainment. Now, what do you think that means? (It means I'm looking in your windows right now.)
Why the fuck should he apologize for that????? For the love of God hae people gotten THAT fucking sensitive? Message to the US - Toughen the fuck up!
jerry has done more to bring attention to ms and it's victims than 99 percent of the world. so show some respect and quit being so sensitive.
um, for everyone who is saying it's not that big of a deal, get over it, etc. if he threw out the N word, I am sure a lot of you wouldn't be singing that same tune. People need to realize that using the F word is JUST AS BAD as using racial slurs. this has NOTHING to do w/ perez and his alleged self-loathing, this is someone using inappropriate language on live television. People made a bigger deal out of a wardrobe malfunction nip slip..and that's not nearly as offensive
I used to sew rodents into Jerry's ass. This little "fag" comment is chump change. Get over it. He's loaded for bear (as in BARE ass).
SORRY DOESN'T ALWAYS CUT IT!!! Apology not accepted. Also, you know this won't be treated as of big of deal in the press as what Don Imus did. Sad.
WHO CARES?
PEOPLE ARE TOO SENSETIVE!
HE IS A GOOD MAN WHO HAS HELPED OTHERS FOR SOOOOO LONG!
GIVE HIM A BREAK!
Re: LIYING PEREZ – til they roll the dessicated carcass out for the tv cameras, I say the old despot has kicked the bucket, they're just too scared (his brother, et al) of what will happen when they release the news, and how to prepare for it in a way that doesn't end with the Cuban people tearing them (his brother, et al) to shreds.
so what! we need more high profile "cut downs" of shit covered cocks. DISGUSTING FAGS
That word does not belong on national television. This crap has GOT to stop! Apology not accepted.