Twitter erupts at the comedian, who spends the rest of the evening apologizing
FRIDAY, DEC 20, 2013 10:11 PM EST
Steve Martin apologized for a racist joke on Twitter Friday night, then quickly deleted the tweet and continued saying he was sorry.
Martin was bantering with Twitter followers and turning their grammar questions into jokes when he was asked “is this how you spell lasonia?”
His response: “It depends. Are you in an African-American restaurant or at an Italian restaurant.”
Martin apologized and deleted the tweet, but screen shots and angry, disappointed reactions ricocheted around Twitter all evening.
Martin then expressed contrition again, tweeting that “I did apologize. But again, a second later I realized what an offensive thing I’d done.” He answered another tweet that told him “in retrospect, bad joke” with the response “Yeah, I learned that.”
@CourtneyHammett@KCGibbons@SteveMartinToGopic.twitter.com/rz861oplkM
— Cindy (@JustCindeh) December 21, 2013
@JustCindeh@KCGibbons@SteveMartinToGo oh dear. nice job screen capturing.
— Courtney Hammett (@CourtneyHammett) December 21, 2013@CourtneyHammett@KCGibbons@SteveMartinToGo An apology would go a long way. He deleted the tweet.
— Cindy (@JustCindeh) December 21, 2013
I did apologize. But again, a second later I realized what an offensive thing I'd done. Deep bow. @JustCindeh
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) December 21, 2013
Oop Steve, you in danger girl. Black Twitter coming for his edges in 3...2..1
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