50 Cent In Trouble With Holly Robinson Over Autism Comments

At what point do people wake up and realize they're about to say something incredibly stupid?? How is it that people STILL continue to tweet terribly insensitive things??

People don't learn!

50 Cent is one of those people after tweeting an insult at autism's expense.

A fan said this:

“@50cent Release the album or get shot again.”

Which, granted, it s a stupid thing to say too.

50 then decided it was appropriate to say these things:

“Yeah just saw your picture fool you look autistic.”

“I don’t want no special ed kids on my time line follow some body else.”

Gross.

Holly Robinson Peete, who has an autistic son, saw this and decided to write an open letter to him.

Here it is, in full:

Dear 50 Cent,

Since last night my twitter timeline is flooded with tweets and retweets about a response you posted to someone who insulted you. When I read it my heart sank. I thought maybe your account had been hacked. No such luck. Granted, his comment was completely out of line but your retort: “i just saw your picture fool you look autistic”- was so so disappointing. I mean, that’s your comeback?? And you didn’t stop there. You went on to joke about not wanting “special ed kids” on your timeline. Seriously, THIS is how you use your platform of 8 million plus followers??

I’ve met you in passing over the years and I know you are a bright, astute businessman and legitimate philanthropist so it is with a bit of sincere confusion that I ask you… Do you even know what autism is? And what exactly does “autistic” look like? Do you know how wildly prevalent autism is? 1 in 88 have it. That’s 1 in 54 boys. Families suffer a social stigma you will never know. It is a financial and emotional drain for millions, so our non-profit- HollyRod Foundation works hard to raise funds to help these families cope…

I hope you can see how what you might see as a benign insult-or not- was so randomly hurtful, immature and misinformed. Maybe you are naive or indifferent as to how many of your fans might be deeply and personally offended by your insult. At the very least-can you please delete it? If you’ve read your mentions today I am sure you have felt the wrath of autism parents. We are no joke. Neither is autism. We are not about to let you attempt to make “autistic” the new “R-word” under our watch.

Finally, this is my son Rodney Peete. He has autism. So I guess this is what autistic looks like? He is in special ed. He loves rap music and is a HUGE fan of yours. He’s a tremendous kid. He has to deal with so much trying to fit in. This isn’t helping.

Sincerely,

Holly Robinson Pete

Well put, Holly.

We're sure he'll issue an apology, but hey, that's AFTER someone called him on it.

It'd be nice if he'd realize how crappy it was on his own.

[Image via Twitter.]

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