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Ashton Kutcher Slammed After Tweeting Support for Joe Paterno; Later Apologizes

10:24 am, November 10th, 2011

 

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Ashton Kutcher was slammed by his Twitter followers on Wednesday night after voicing support for Joe Paterno, who was fired as Penn State head football coach amid a child sex abuse scandal.

The university dismissed its president and Paterno in the wake of charges that former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky raped a number of boys over a period of many years, and that his actions that were not properly addressed by school officials.

Kutcher, apparently not realizing why Paterno was canned, dug himself into a big hole with his initial response to the news.

“How do you fire Jo Pa? #insult #noclass as a hawkeye fan I find it in poor taste,” the actor tweeted.

As soon as he hit send, Kutcher was blasted by outraged Twitter responses expressing disgust with his position.

“F*** you. [Paterno] covered up child rape you sick, geriatric f***” wrote one person.

Another said, “Today’s lesson? @aplusk Think (get facts) before you tweet! #yikes.”

An avalanche of similar sentiments followed, leading Kutcher to delete his initial tweet and issue a series of explanations and apologies.

“Heard Joe was fired, fully recant previous tweet! Didn’t have full story. #admitwhenYoumakemistakes,” wrote the “Two and a Half Men” star.

Later, Kutcher added, “This is an insane story, I just heard paterno was fired, getting the rest of the story now… Wow.”

Kutcher and Demi Moore have campaigned against child sex trafficking, and the actor expressed regret at having impulsively reacted to the Paterno firing without fully understanding what had happened.

He wrote, “As an advocate in the fight against child sex expatiation, I could not be more remorseful for all involved in the Penn St. case.”

Kutcher then announced he’d be taking a hiatus from the Twitter platform he helped popularize.

“As of immediately I will stop tweeting until I find a way to properly manage this feed,” he promised. “I feel awful about this error. Won’t happen again.”

Wow.

What do you think of Kutcher’s handling of this mess?

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  • Regina1180

    Celebrity or not, why would anybody make comments on a public forum without having ANY of the details?

    He just heard the guy was fired and ran with it? How dumb.

  • http://twitter.com/candbgirl Bridget Terry

    Has he been living under a rock for the 5 days? No excuse Ashton.

  • Aaa

    He’s an ass.

  • http://twitter.com/pharlap9 pharlap9

    This does not surprise me. Again he acts without thinking…

  • Golddigger99

    I think it’s very honorable of him to admit his mistake and punish himself for making it in the first place. We all know how much Kutcher loves Twitter, so him taking a vacation and admitting his wrong doings is a big plus for him in my book. And as for making the mistake in the first place, we all do it, so why should we hold celebrities on a higher platform?

  • mikeandme

    Are you kidding? We DON”T all make this kind of mistake. Some of us think before we speck.

  • Justindesiree

    LOL, at “Some of us think before we speck”. That’s so funny!

  • guest

    LOL to myself for also making a typo. :P

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  • Phweston0269

    He never was going to win prizes for being the sharpest knife in the drawer.

  • Iced screamed mans

    he a hollowood peoples an he should know that you not a posed to say no things about the gayfull gay peoples. he learnd quick

  • Anonymous

    Well, Ashton won’t be leaving Twitter altogether. He’ll still have his secret http://twitter.com/unmaskd account to have fun with.

    Sure, it’s gotten him in trouble before, but it seems that he likes being open no matter what.

  • Anonymous

    Honestly I agree with what everyone is saying about Ashton not being the sharpest knife in the drawer this reminds me of his little debate he got into with a newspaper and they put him to shame with their numerous sources while he just hailed insults. I’ll never take him seriously as an actor or as a person for that matter, never really cared for him or Demi, but I will say that I too, admire the fact that he owned up to his mistake. Must be something in the water in Hollywood, first Bret and now Ashton, people seriously need to watch their words now, we are holding these celebs more accountable for their actions.

  • http://twitter.com/Nathiest Nathiest

    Well I duno he always came off as an elitist jerk to me so good riddance.

  • iced cold mans

    he smart to subtract hims tweeter story about the gay peoples. he a hollowood peoples an they learn with quickness never to say bad thing to a gay for fear of them lives an carrears.

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