After Jerry Lewis’ immediately regretted “faggot” gaffe came to light this morning, GLAAD reared its overreacting police head and announced, in the words of its president, “Jerry Lewis’ on-air use of this kind of anti-gay slur is simply unacceptable” and “feeds a climate of hatred and intolerance” that could incite anti-gay violence. Furthermore, the watchdog group called for an apology and asked for the octogenarian old-school comic to meet with GLAAD to be instructed in the error of his ways. It’s not known whether this edict had any effect on him, but the smutty professor did issue a more-than-satisfactory apology today through a spokesman for the muscular dystrophy telethon, addressed 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. The success of the [telethon] 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.”

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