Posted on 06/04/2014 1:09:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Jonah Hill gives emotional apology over homophobic slur on Jimmy Fallon's 'Tonight Show': 'The word I chose was grotesque' The 30-year-old '22 Jump Street' actor took the opportunity on Tuesday’s episode of the late-night show to address the controversial remarks he made over the weekend at a photographer.
Jonah Hill wants everyone to know how truly sorry he is.
The "22 Jump Street" star, who lost his cool over the weekend by hurling a homophobic slur at an antagonizing paparazzo, used his appearance on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show Tuesday to address his actions for the second time. Fans are used to seeing Hill's humorous side but he stressed to Fallon's viewers, "this isn't a joke."
"This weekend I was out with some friends and there was a paparazzi guy, and he was antagonizing me and calling me names, attacking me personally and my family personally, and I was genuinely hurt by this and made angry by this," Hill said. "In response, I wanted to hurt him back and I said the most hurtful word that I could think of at that moment. I didn't mean this in the sense of the word. I didn't mean it in a homophobic way."
"I think that that doesn't matter. How you mean things doesn't matter. Words have weight and meaning. The word I chose was grotesque and no one deserves to say or hear words like that.”
"My heart's broken and I genuinely am deeply sorry to anybody who's ever been affected by that term in their life. I'm sorry and I don't deserve or expect your forgiveness, but what I ask is at home, if you're watching this and you're a young person especially, if someone says something that hurts you or angers you, use me as an example of what not to do," he continued.
"Don't respond with hatred or anger because you're just adding more ugliness to the world. And again, I am just so sorry."
The serious moment left the audience quiet and Hill added, "I know I'm usually funny and stuff, but this wasn't funny. It was stupid. I deserve the s--t that I'm going to get for it, you know?"
Hill first apologized for telling the photographer, "suck my d--k, you f----t," on Howard Stern's show Tuesday morning.
"I'm upset, because, from the day I was born, and publicly, I've been a gay rights activist," he told the radio host.
"In that moment, I said a disgusting word, that does not at all reflect how I feel about any group of people."
Guess he doesn’t have a basketball team that someone else wants—Otherwise, he should be getting the Sterling treatment.
Another day,another apology.
Yaaawn !!
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Is he going to go on ever talk show and blubber about how sorry he is? God, what an embarrassment.
He’s got a big movie opening next week...THAT is what this apology tour is all about.
The sight of you in those floral shorts was grotesque.
The word you chose is part of youf every-day vocabulary. Words don't just accidentally appear out of nowhere.
Saw it. Straight out of the Soviet Union or Mao’s China. Public confession and begging for forgiveness. And to think: he didn’t have to do it.
Homosexual men use those same words when talking to each other; so what's the problem?
Which word? S**k, d**k, or fa**ot?
What to make of this:
"I'm upset, because, from the day I was born, and publicly, I've been a gay rights activist," he told the radio host.
Must have made for an interesting infancy.
from the day he was born. lol
He was a gay rights advocate from the day he was born? Wow - I’ve never heard of a baby gay rights advocate!
Makes you wonder if he was also an advocate for abortion rights from the day he was born?
Fallon is not worth watching....
Rahm Emmanuel was the next guest....
Remember, HE’S AN ACTOR. LOL
Since when is “f.g.t” limited to gays?
Jonah Hill, what a pussy.
Weenie.
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